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Old 11-13-2008, 06:42 PM   #61
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Originally Posted by Cali Coug View Post
No, it depends entirely on usage. In the US, North America typically means only the US, Mexico and Canada. In other usages, it would include Greenland (which you didn't mention) and Central America, and in some usages would exclude Greenland. Given the context of the discussion in which the question arose with Palin (nations belonging to NAFTA), the common usage in the US of US, Canada and Mexico was what I would expect her to know at a minimum.
At the risk of becoming a target for one of Calicoug's rhetorical death grips, in what usage does north america commonly include Greenland?
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