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"That church in Cornmarket Street in Oxford Is not 5 times the age of the American continent. There was actually a thriving population there a very long time before it was 'discovered'"

When I wrote 'country' I neant the United States as a nation, rather than referring to the existence of a population on the land mass.

Perhaps "Nation" would have been clearer.

I also have no clear idea if it's really 5 times the age.

As for "Pendantic maybe but lets not forget who are the real 'Americans'." - I'm all for linguistic accuracy, but were you really under the impression I was annoyed by native Americans on tour? I mean, I could have referred to "Citizens of the United States of America of colonial extraction, rather than descended from the indigenous peoples present prior to the colonisation by European powers" but I thought that the combination of "American" and "loud" would make it clear.
( Mockingbird Practitioner of SCIENCE, Tue 6 May 2008, 17:00, Reply)