Just try Murrican. It sounds right and already has
a history.
Hal
"In America, it's the bottom of the ninth,
we're five runs behind, there are two outs,
nobody on base, weak hitter at the plate,
and the fat lady's getting up to sing."
--Anon.
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On Sep 10, 2007, at 7:46 PM, Peter Cudmore wrote:
> Here's tae us. Wha's like us. Damn few, and they're a' deid!
>
> Or a variant in a poem/quip of Hugh Macmillan's: Damn few, and
> the're aa on
> teatowels.
>
> I was toying with iMerican, but I dare say I'd get sued by Steve Jobs.
>
> P
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>> Behalf Of Christopher Walker
>> Sent: 10 September 2007 23:42
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: America's Guardian Myths
>>
>> <snip>
>> Reasonable suggestions will be gratefully considered.
>> <snip>
>>
>> US ('the US imagination' and so forth), US citizens, US residents?
>> That
>> would seem to cover most possibilities.
>>
>> CW
>> _______________________________________________
>>
>> That which is the future here, when read from right to left, has
>> already happened. (Giorgio Manganelli)
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