"George E. Cawthon" wrote in message
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There was one comment under the Home Depot thread about nation names that
needs clarification.

One comment was that there are several United States of ..............
That isn't true as far as I can tell. There are only two.

There is The United States of American and the Estados Unidos Mexicanos
which can be translated as the United States of Mexico, but is more often
written the United Mexican States. Thus the abbreviations in English are
the USA and UMS or in Spanish the EUM.

The common shortening of USA is America (thus the citizens (nationals) are
know as Americans) and the common shortening of the EUM is Mexico and the
nationals are know as Mexicanos.

Brazil, unless it has changed in the last year or so is the Republica
Federativa do Brasil or in English the Federative Republic of Brazil.



Bringing factual information into that discussion will only get you tarred
and feathered. :-) Thanks for trying, though.