"Thales, the French defence contractor, is this week expected to announce it has teamed up with America’s CHC Helicopter Corporation to bid for a private-finance initiative contract to run search-and-rescue helicopters in Britain."
CHC is Canadian, not American.
Yes, technically american can mean relating to anything in North America, South America, West Indies, or the Western Hemisphere, but popular usage has it meaning solely the United States of America.
Last edited by Matthew Parsons; 20th July 2006 at 16:21.