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Re: Nice Ugly Americans Posted on: Wed, 08 Oct 2003 11:55:26 -0400

"Reidİ" wrote:
>
> Following up to Gerry
>
> >Care to educate us as to what the literary usage implies?
>
> Please! Until I joined this group I had never heard the term and
> I have never heard a European use it. What does it refer to?
>
There was a book, decades ago (1950s, perhaps?), called 'The Ugly
American'. Most of those who (mis)use the term, have never read the book.

Sheila