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Thread #116165 Message #2492306
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
12-Nov-08 - 08:02 PM
Thread Name: BS: Palin quotes are a hoax
Subject: RE: BS: Palin quotes are a hoax

I wonder if the practice of the USA being called "America" originated in the USA or happened elsewhere and got taken up in the USA subsequently? Or was it the other way round?