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**Preorbtat** · 12-02-2009, 04:39 PM

So are you Uruguayan first and American second, or American first and Uruguayan second?

Just asking...;o)

You can't get it separeted. Both are as strong as one. An Uruguayan is definetly American, but being just American means that you are from one of teh countries that America is.

It is a pleonasm (do you have that word in English? It exist in Spanish and FRench at least) calling pple "Mexican American", since being MExican makes you authomaticaly American.. I think what you mean is "Mexicano Estadounidense"

[/QUOTE]Many people don't use the label "American" that way, they're referring to folks from the U.S., and sometimes possibly Canadians. Seriously. You like it or not.

I personally don't care. I think we should all just be glad we're not from Vespuccia. And therefore Vespuccians. Because, as a group, Americans (ie folks from the U.S. of A) aren't generally good spellers, and that double 'c' would nail 'em. It's bad enough that three out of four of us can't find ourselves on a globe...

There ya go..

-Charles[/QUOTE]

Canadiasn because they confund them with Yankees. But of course Canadians are Americans (our northern brothers!)

12-02-2009, 04:39 PM	#38
Preorbtat Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 455 Senior Member	So are you Uruguayan first and American second, or American first and Uruguayan second? Just asking...;o) You can't get it separeted. Both are as strong as one. An Uruguayan is definetly American, but being just American means that you are from one of teh countries that America is. It is a pleonasm (do you have that word in English? It exist in Spanish and FRench at least) calling pple "Mexican American", since being MExican makes you authomaticaly American.. I think what you mean is "Mexicano Estadounidense" [/QUOTE]Many people don't use the label "American" that way, they're referring to folks from the U.S., and sometimes possibly Canadians. Seriously. You like it or not. I personally don't care. I think we should all just be glad we're not from Vespuccia. And therefore Vespuccians. Because, as a group, Americans (ie folks from the U.S. of A) aren't generally good spellers, and that double 'c' would nail 'em. It's bad enough that three out of four of us can't find ourselves on a globe... There ya go.. -Charles[/QUOTE] Canadiasn because they confund them with Yankees. But of course Canadians are Americans (our northern brothers!)
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