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Apparently, according to a program I half listened to last night, there is a new theory as to where the name America came from (in reference to the two continents).

The theory is that they were named after a bloke called "something Americ", as I said, I was only half listening.

Americ is apparently an old Welsh name, so maybe this guy has something against leeks and daffodils, oh, and sheep



Amerigo Vespucci, an explorer who came along behind Christopher Columbus, is the person most of us are taught for whom the North and South American continents were named.

The Welsh counterpoint is outlined here

So, we're Canadians, Brits, Poles, Greeks, Frenchmen Scandinavians, Australians, Kiwis and Yanks united by our love of riding motorcycles built by a company founded by Germans in Britain, assembled in Thailand and named for an Italian or Welshman.

Hope I didn't leave anybody out!



No Latinos', African Americans, or native Americans?

And you may see me tonight With an illegal smile J. Prine