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Robatoy (in )
said:

| In article ,
| "Upscale" wrote:
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|| Of course, now you're going to have to enlighten me as to why being
|| called in American might be insulting. The only way I can envision
|| that is if it's used in the context of an insulting sentence.
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| Can I have some examples, please?

Insults, like compliments, are largely a matter of receiving 'em that
way.

One of my bright memories - sorry if I'm repeating an already told
story - was being asked in Paris if I was Canadian. I took it as a
compliment - and was proud to identify myself as an American.

The response was a happy smile that I chalk up to relief that such
terrible French wasn't coming from a Quebecois. :-)

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Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto