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User talk:Uris/"American" in the British media

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43:. I have noticed that British papers do tend to say "US" in some cases where an American would use "American", but I'm not going to argue for the restoration of the sentence. It does however occur to me that given the 48: 37:, the use of 'US' as an adjective is preferred where it can be comfortably used, and is prevalent in media and government house-styles. 65: 55: 51:
about US or American is basically moot. An American would never write "Kobe Bryant is a US Basketball player"
40: 52: 44: 34: 17: 62: 47:on uses of regional English, the long-running 8: 7: 24: 27:"American" in the British media 1: 82: 66:15:19, 17 June 2006 (UTC) 56:04:51, 17 June 2006 (UTC) 41:Use of the word American 73: 31:Hi, you snipped 81: 80: 76: 75: 74: 72: 71: 70: 29: 22: 21: 20: 12: 11: 5: 79: 77: 69: 68: 53:Sumergocognito 35:United Kingdom 28: 25: 23: 18:User talk:Uris 15: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 78: 67: 64: 61:Good points. 60: 59: 58: 57: 54: 50: 46: 42: 38: 36: 26: 19: 32: 30: 39:from the 49:argument 33:In the 45:policy 16:< 63:Uris

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User talk:Uris
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Use of the word American
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Sumergocognito
04:51, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
Uris
15:19, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

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