Ignacio Mondino wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: >> On 02/05/2009 08:44 AM, consultores1 wrote: >> [snip] >>> Are you refering to Unitedstatesdians? because i am from El Salvador and
(Probably) yes, except we don't have that equivalent of "estadounidenses" in English. Yes, maybe we should (and I've even said that (currently) non-standard word myself), but we don't. >>> without any [doubt] i am American. >> The oldest nation[0] in the region gets to pick it's name and >> abbreviation. That would be "us". > > Sorry, "we" prefer not to be represented by "you", thank you very much. He's not trying to. Before getting huffy about it, everyone should remember that in English (at least in the US, since I'm not as sure about British or other English), the word "American" has two meanings: - related to the United States of America, and - related to the land mass most commonly called (in English (well, American English (um, US American))) North America and South America (or "the Americas"), and only less commonly called "America." So, Ignacio, in English you are an American and you're not an American even if in Spanish you're definitely un americano. (Extra off topic: Hey, when Latin Americans say "norteamericanos," do they usually mean to include Canadians? (Does refer more to non-Latinos or more to "Unitedstatesians"?)) Daniel -- (Plain text sometimes corrupted to HTML "courtesy" of Microsoft Exchange.) [F]
