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Stew_B


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Ending yet another 5 month hiatus , I thought I'd post to say how disappoined I am with the official US Open website.  The following excerpt is straight from 'Matt Cronins Day 4 Picks' linked here http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2007-08-29/200708291188371017203.html

"19-ANDY MURRAY V. JONAS BJORKMAN

What a year it's been for England's finest player..."

When reading that opening line, I actually thought for a split second that Bjorkman was english, before obviously realising that he's not! 

Anyway, I was planning to write more about Cronin's silliness (he's not ignorant, he later refers to Andy as being a Scot), but I'm quite enjoying the Blake/Santoro match, and to be perfectly honest, I think my mind is too tired to write much more... I may edit this some more after some sleep, I think I've spent about 30 just getting this far 685iryjmetnhfs dgshtjudt5rstxdtrsjtzdzzzzjtdxjmfnhh

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Many Americans have difficulty in recognising the constituent parts of the UK. But then, how many Brits can correctly identify the whereabouts of all the American states. . . I know I would have a problem with some of them!

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I couldn't locate them all but if someone repeatedly and patiently tells me they're from New Mexico I wouldn't keep calling them a New Yorker.

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hmm - I know a lot of Southerners who get very offended when we call them "Yanks"

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Scotland is in England right?

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Madeline wrote:

Many Americans have difficulty in recognising the constituent parts of the UK. But then, how many Brits can correctly identify the whereabouts of all the American states. . . I know I would have a problem with some of them!


It's a bit different though. I wouldn't go up to an American and repeatedly call them a Canadian or a Mexican because their country so happens to neighbour one of the others. It's not really that difficult. We're talking seperate countries here, not as simple as towns or States. A guy from NY, or FL is still an American. A guy from Scotland, isn't Welsh or English because we're part of Britain.

Andy has corrected the press countless times about this, how difficult is it for them to grasp it? And how difficult is it to grasp that Britain is made up of more than England? It doesn't take much for them to do a tiny bit of research and get their facts right just once.

 



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Can I offer respect to all the Scots for not rising to my bait!

Strong anf silent! Admirable...

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