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[johan]

I'm in a terminology discussion elsewhere.

In very relaxed and colloquial US English, is Canada included when the average American talks about North America, or do both terms North America and America refer to just the US? Does "I live in North America, not in Canada" come off naturally in your ears, as something an ordinary American in a bar might say?

Comments desired!

Comments

[jophan.livejournal.com]

Hi Jagi,

Now you are definitly mixing me up with someone else. We haven't met in person since you were in Sweden in 1985. Oh, what old age does to us poor people! ;)

Cheers,

Johan

[arhyalon.livejournal.com]

No! It was you! You visited for The Pennsic Wars, and we saw you for the day right before you returned from Sweden...I know it was you because you brought me that wonderful mustard I had at your place, and no one else in the world could have known that I liked that but you! (Boy, it was good! ;-)

How are you? What are you doing now? You look quite handsome in your picture. I hope your life is always that filled with cheer!

As for me: I live in Virginia now. I've got three boys, ages 5 to 10, and a trilogy that will, finally, be coming out next summer. John (my husband -- John C. Wright) has a bunch of books out, but none of them have been translated into Swedish yet, sigh. ;-)