For Better Or For Worse

The family is real. And he does have a G outdoor layout. Seems like there was a 1/4 scale(?) too. Lives in Canada. His layout was featured in MR or MRC in the last year or two.

The cartoonist is a genius, and yes, her husband is a model railroader. Not only does he do "G" scale, he does 7.5" operations. In fact, he has a business getting people into large scale railroading. The couple purchased a large wooded area in Ontario and used the railroad to actually move some of the fill, etc. This is the best American comic strip at this time in our history. I faithfully follow it on a daily basis.

In actual fact it is a Canadian cartoonist and comic strip.

Brian

Really? I thought that comic strips were meant to be funny.

"R.Glueck"

It ISN'T American, it's Canadian.

Canadians do not like to be called "Americans".

-- Cheers Roger T.

Home of the Great Eastern Railway

Of course Canada is a part of America and therefore Canadians are Americans, only yanks have given the term a bad name over the last 50-60 years.

You shouldn't brand all for the actions of a relative few....

...but not for the yanks we'd all be speaking German.

Canada is part of NORTH America. "America" is country, "North America" is a continent. We don't mind being called "North Americans" but take strong exception to being called "Americans".

Like most peoples, we do not like other people to tell us who or what we are. It's like the rest of the world telling New Zealanders that they are Australians because New Zealand is part of .Australasia. Yes, I realise that "Oceana" is the preferred term in New Zealand. Ditto for "North America" in Canada. As New Zealanders like to distance themselves from Australians, so Canadians like to distance themselves from Americans.

-- Cheers Roger T.

Home of the Great Eastern Railway

That's true, but then any country's reputation is made by a relative few - I'm still talking to you, so you can tell that I recognise you as an individual ;-)

Greg.P.

You're confusing yanks with Russians.

Regards, Greg.P.

"America" is two continents, variously known as "North America" and "South America".

Who wouldn't?

I quite understand your point of view, especially in light of your point about Australia vs Australasia =8^P , but logically the broad term, whether it be "America", "Locomotive" or whatever, covers the major concept, while components "North America", "Locomotive boiler" etc gain extra adjectives or descriptors to distinguish them. The fact that the US has attempted to hyjack "America" doesn't change the logic of the language. Of course the fact that the US doesn't have a usable name for the country or it's population isn't any help to the situation. ("United States of Americaians" doesn't readily roll off the tongue)

Regards, Greg.P.

You reckon? Then why are there so many of them living here? :-)

"Greg Procter"

Agreed.

You may well think that, I could not possibly comment.

-- Cheers Roger T.

Home of the Great Eastern Railway

If they weren't distancing themselves you wouldn't know they were NZers! ;-)

"mark_newton"

I guess, because it's like many succesfull Canadians, especially those in "Showbiz", they all move to the bigger market.

-- Cheers Roger T.

Home of the Great Eastern Railway

"mark_newton"

I guess, because it's like many succesfull Canadians, especially those in "Showbiz", they all move to the bigger market.

-- Cheers Roger T.

Home of the Great Eastern Railway

It is.

-- Cheers Roger T.

Home of the Great Eastern Railway