[Freeciv-Dev] Re: "Americans" versus "United States"

[Stepan Roh <stepan@xxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 25 Apr 2001, Reinier Post wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 10:17:06PM -0400, Miguel Farah F. wrote:
>
> >>[...]  Nobody uses the term American
> > >to mean people from the continents of North or South America.
> >
> > Sorry to contradict you, but the term "american" meaning "person from
> > the continent America" *IS* used.
>
> If it is used at all, we're talking about maybe 1 out of 10000 cases.
> The normal meaning of 'American' is '(person) from the United States'.
> This is true in English and in Dutch (for 'Amerikaan(s)').

And in Czech and Slovak. And in many other languages too, I think. Leave
it as it is.

Have a nice day.

Stepan Roh