The thing is not to find convenient terms of abuse, but simply a precise yet
concise way of speaking. 'American' fits the bill for concision, but not for
precision.
How does Bowering deal with this?
P
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Douglas Barbour
> Sent: 10 September 2007 16:05
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> Subject: Re: America's Guardian Myths
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> That's precisely why I try to remember to follow our ex-Poet Laureate
> when it's called for. But of course we are all Norteamericanos....
>
> Doug
> On 8-Sep-07, at 9:28 PM, Halvard Johnson wrote:
>
> > Just don't let George Bowering catch you
> > calling USAmericans Americans.
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