On Tue, 10 May 2005 23:02:24 -0700, "Jay Beckman"
wrote in Sdhge.8009$Fa1.6309@fed1read02::

I see it like this: We all speak "aviation" here, but Canadian and European
pilots have an accent.

Given the fact that usenet originated in the US, and the largest group
of computer users reside in the US, usenet is dominated by articles
posted from, and written about occurrences in, the US.

Some pilots in other countries have their own news groups:

aus.aviation
can.aviation
eunet.aviation
fr.rec.aviation
uk.rec.aviation

So it may be natural to assume the articles posted in the
rec.aviation.piloting newsgroup are authored by, and written about,
aviation in the US, but I would characterize such as presumptuous.

When an author's country is readily apparent from his e-mail address,
it is more likely s/he is referring to aviation occurring in the
country indicated by that address. That is a somewhat subtle point,
but valid none the less.

Of course, it demands an acceptance of membership in the global
community, rather than an American-centric bias, to expect articles
from other localities at all.