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Thursday, August 30, 2007 12:00 AM

Hey, Americans can too find the U.S. on a map!

Miss Teen South Carolina flubbed her answer. But it was the question that did real damage.
By Farhad Manjoo

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  • Thursday, August 30, 2007 02:28 PM

    U.S. Americans???

    Dude, really...come on... if you call us people from the South of America South Americans, what do you suppose we call people from the North of America.

    Yeah, that's right. We call you norteamericanos (North Americans, because you are from the North, you see?)

    Was that so hard?

    Geez.

    Now, don't go calling us Colombia Americans, or Venezuela Americans, or Peru Americans, that would be quite embarrasing.

    Maybe it's the lack of maps.

    —Anonymous

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