A post in the <a href="http://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2009/07/states.html" target="_blank">Separated by a Common Language</a> blog gives me an excuse to carry out a straw poll of Wordcrafters.Do you refer to the United States of America as "the States"?AlwaysOftenSometimesRarelyNeverDo you live in:The USAThe UKCanadaAnother country