I lived in Ireland during a very turbulent time, and it's amazing what small differences people are willing to kill each other over. My feeling towards hyphenating a name is that the effort could be better spent elsewhere. All it does is divide ppl into subgroups, which isn't really the stuff of good nation building. I remember 30 years ago, many of us would look to the US and be amazed how regardless of colour or faith, everyone called themselves "Americans". What amazes me, is most who hyphenate there name have never stepped foot in the country they hyphenate along with American. Given the chance, I think many would soon see they have very little, if any common connection to those countries now. What makes America great is how it takes ppl from different countries and allows them to live and mix together. In that sense, they all become what is uniquely "American". I still feel being an American, is being part of something special enough that the title doesn't need to be embellished with anything else.
Ed 300E On 15/02/2008, andrew strasfogel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Don't belittle the importance of being able to TALK about this seemingly > small little "issue'". > > Give thanks that we are unlike the ethnically diverse folks in the nation > formerly known as Yugoslavia who look alike but whose different religions > and cultural heritage gives them license to murder one another in an > endless > cycle of violence. > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 10:38 PM, Jim Cathey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > For those who choose to categorize themselves with a hyphenated name, > > > is the > > > reason they usually put Americian second due to their feeling it rolls > > > off > > > the tongue easier, or is it by design? I would think most would want > > > to put > > > the name of the country they make their home first. > > > > In English, the most important part goes last. > > For example: Big Jerk. :-) > > > > -- Jim > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
