From: https://sites.google.com/site/ianwmitchellswebsite/World---the-american World - The American: Apart from giving us "Virginia" tobacco, normally from North Carolina, the American has presented the World with many other items. In fact, the character "The American" is so diverse and complicated, that it is difficult to find anything which approaches a "stereotype", so I'm not even going to try, I'll just content myself with a few generalities. These generalities should, of course, be taken with a pinch of salt, I am - after all - from the Eastern side of the "big pond" - from their point of view! In the 1940's, a favourite quote in the United Kingdom, referring to Americans, in particular the American Soldiers stationed in the UK awaiting the invasion of Europe, was: "Over sexed, over paid and over here!" Nowadays, I think one could add the statement "over weight" to the list, and extend it t...