RE: Odd FT Idea

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sabmason@aol.com [mailto:Sabmason@aol.com]
> Sent: Saturday, July 04, 1998 2:48 PM
> To: FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk
> Subject: Re: Odd FT Idea
>
>
> In a message dated 98-07-04 00:21:33 EDT, Richard S. writes:
>
> << As a side note, I refer to UK citizens as brits, it's easier. Do
the
>  americans on this list have any objections to me calling them Yanks?
>  It's traditional for Brits to call you /all/ yanks, whether you are
>  Yankees or not. >>
>
> Yank seems OK to me.	Personally, I prefer 'Ami' - sounds more like
> 'amicable', a quality I think that we should work on.  'Yank',
> well, conjures
> up pictures of indecent exposure and/or lewd acts, but it's fine,
really.
> 'Brit' is the usual term, AFAIK.  What are the Canadians?  Is 'Canuk'
> perjorative?	I guess that 'Future US Citizen' won't fly ;)  Are the
> Australians 'Aussies'?  'Ozzies'?
>
Definitely Aussie. Having lived amongst the Yanks for years I learnt
that
Ozzies or Ossies means they also think Fosters is a good beer and that
kangaroos and drop bears are all over the streets. (We try and confine
them
to parks ;) ) Though I was asked several times if I was from Louisiana!!
I
guess that's Californians for you!
Please don't make this a flame war!!

John S