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America - Page 1
MISUNDERSTOOD
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By Ralph Rewes
America - Page 2
INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................................4
Why people abroad have this frightening image of us? ............................................................................................................4
WHAT’S IN A NAME?..........................................................................................................................6
How was it that our country “stole” the name of the Hemisphere?.....................................................................................6
Who suggested the name “United States of America”? ............................................................................................................. 6
AN ISLAND LANGUAGE.....................................................................................................................10
English is not mutually intelligible with any other language. ............................................................................................. 10
The alienating effects of the word “alien”....................................................................................................................................10
FOREIGN? IN YOUR OWN HOUSE?....................................................................................................12
The meaning of “foreign”.................................................................................................................................................................... 12
What is and what is not foreign. ......................................................................................................................................................12
THE WAY WE MEASURE THINGS.......................................................................................................14
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