30141: Stephen Jacob - comment: 30138: jhudicourtb (comment) (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

Stephen Jacob

I think the folks at Reuters are simply giving their readers more information. 
The average person doesn't know anything about Haiti.  I remember one classmate 
asking me if it was in Africa and other one confusing it with Tahiti.

By referring to Haiti as a "former French colony" it's simply giving the reader 
a little more information.  Calling the USA a former British colony is 
completely accurate, except the average person doesn't need any clarification. 
As for Brazil, I have read articles in major papers referring to it as a former 
Portuguese colony.  Likely, this is because most Americans think they speak 
Spanish there because of its location.

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