Being Independence Day and all<br><div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br>> Oh, so anyway, who was guy "Eng" you named the country after?
<br><br>And who was America named after ?<br><br><br>Steve</blockquote><div><br>The name was derived from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latinized</a> version of the explorer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerigo_Vespucci" title="Amerigo Vespucci">
Amerigo Vespucci</a>'s name, <i>Americus Vespucius</i>, in its feminine form, <i>America</i>, as the other continents all have Latin feminine names.<br><br>Wikipedia and a memory for things historical.<br><br>Have a good 4th.
<br> <br></div></div>Bruce Reeves<br>Nortex Networks