The average weight of men

[FortunaMaximus]

Well.

Populations in Asia and Africa are about 6 persons for each American and Canadian. So that'll cover your 4 for each one with two malnourished Third Worlders left over.

Oh. Not everyone in Canada and the US weighs 300 pounds.

Even if your numbers are right, 700/5 = 140. Hmm.

[vhawk01]

Take it up with the surveyors then, I guess. I've heard that 5'9" is the average height for Caucasian, American men for a while now. And it used to be shorter, 50, 100, 200 years ago. The average is definitely not close to 6 feet.

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How is 5'9 average?

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5'9" is the average height of men in the US. If you find it hard to believe, that's your problem. Average height in Canada is 5'11", so maybe that's your issue. At any rate you don't seem well-educated about the rest of the world.

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He wasn't implying I was an obese american, he was implying I was an american.


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In North America, I'd say 175 lbs. World? I guess there are a lot of Asians. Maybe closer to 160. But that number is viciously skewed by the Asian population.


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Sorry, I thought that meant you were talking about americans!? Of course, if from your view point Canada is not in America, heh! [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] I understand why you see australia as a penal colony! LOL [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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Typical ignorant outsider lumping Canada in with the US.

One, a right wing, christian fundamentalist, war mongering country. The other, a peaceful, secular, tolerant, socialist country.

But yes, go ahead and lump them together.

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MidGe wasn't saying that Canada is part of The United States of America, he was saying that Canada is part of North America.

[evank15]

Okay, interesting link:

http://www.macleans.ca/topstories/sc..._103140_103140

So my suggestion of 5'11 was pretty good, I was just incorrect in thinking that average held over all of North American and not just Canada.

So, according to that article, I can thank Tommy Douglas for being 6'4!

And I am very educated about the rest of the world, thank you very much. I am sorry that this knowledge is not showing in this obsure topic.

And not every african or asian is malnourished. And believe it or not, there are fat (even 300lb) asians and africans.

To tell you the truth, this topic doesn't interest me very much. I just don't like it when people lump Canada and the US together. It would be like lumping Switzerland and Germany together 65 years ago.

[MidGe]

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To tell you the truth, this topic doesn't interest me very much. I just don't like it when people lump Canada and the US together. It would be like lumping Switzerland and Germany together 65 years ago

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What you ought to dislike and discourage then is USA citizens appropriate the term americans to refer to themselves. I know they are hegemonists and imperialists but they don't rules the americas yet.

[evank15]

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To tell you the truth, this topic doesn't interest me very much. I just don't like it when people lump Canada and the US together. It would be like lumping Switzerland and Germany together 65 years ago

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What you ought to dislike and discourage then is USA citizens appropriate the term americans to refer to themselves. I know they are hegemonists and imperialists but they don't rules the americas yet.

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What?

They are Americans. That's what they are. Just like you are Australian, and I am Canadian.

Something odd is going on here. I think they teach you some funny stuff in school or something. American refers to a person from the United States of America. Canadian refers to a person from Canada. North American refers to a person from North America.

What is difficult about this?

[MidGe]

In the same way that in some countries the Malvinas are called the Falkland, in some coutries americans refer to people from the americas and US citizens refer to those spcifically from that nation. Personally I prefer the latter usage, as more accurate.

Australia being a continent has not got a similar confusion. Europeans on the other hand is a term that can be as vague as american in its usage. To some it doesn't include the eastern countries, oters may say that the UK is not part of it and there is a tremendous debate going on as to whether or not Turkey should be included.

It is ok for you not to see yourself as an american but I have countless friends from South America who see themselves as americans but definitely are not even interested in being associted with the US citizenry per se.

[evank15]

So where are you from Joe?

I'm Australian.

So where are you from Sven?

I'm Danish.

So where are you from Jeff?

I'm Canadian.

So where are you from Kaz?

I'm Japanese.

So where are you from Mike?

I'm a US citizen.

Right....

"European" refers to someone from Europe, just like "North American" refers to someone from North America. What your definition of the geography of Europe is has no bearing on this argument.

This is not difficult.

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So where are you from Mike?

I'm a US citizen.

Right....

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I mean they could decide to call themselves bushies, or fundies, or yankees, or idiots, for all I care. But I don't think they should appropriate a term that correctly applies to many others.

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European" refers to someone from Europe, just like "North American" refers to someone from North America. What your definition of the geography of Europe is has no bearing on this argument.


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I am not saying it does, but american refers to someone fron the americas. Luckily english is not a prescriptive language and we don't all have to adopt the Canadian or USA form. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] If it was prescriptive, US and Canadians english speakers would need make adjustments to their way of speaking and spelling.