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Boycott French Ski Jargon!
The Real Bev writes:
Mary Malmros wrote: The Real Bev writes: Dave Harsant wrote: "Mary Malmros" wrote: Vern93 writes: Mary Malmros wrote: Awake, patriotic - er, Unitedstatesians! How's this for irony: there is no adjective in English describing people or things from the United States...but there is one in Spanish: estadounidense. Sure there is! "American" ...which includes people from the USA, Mexico, Chile, etc. Not according to non-Americans :-) That's their problem, WE know who we are. How about 'Yanks'? Much easier than "United States of Americans" to distinguish ourselves from "United States of Mexicans". Oh yeah, go try and fly that lead balloon down in Georgia. FYI, the only people who are properly called "Yankees" are New Englanders, mostly of English ancestry, whose families have been continuously residing there for at least a couple hundred years. I thought the intent was to find a word that would work for non-Yanks, i.e., "foreigners," who would not be likely to care or perhaps even know about the Mason-Dixon line. I can't speak for anyone's "intent", but it's the height of rudeness -- if not imprudence -- to slap a label on a group of people without making some effort to find out if they like wearing it -- no matter how convenient it may be for the label-slappers. -- :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::: Mary Malmros Some days you're the windshield, Other days you're the bug. |
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Boycott French Ski Jargon!
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cGhhdHBoaWw=.975779ed554e510c5504717f592e8214@1058 271347.cotse.net, CurtisLemay at wrote on 7/15/03 5:15 AM: The Mad Cow wrote: snip Now there's an on-topic post. Mediocre troll at best, dickhead. Sort of shoots your credibility all to hell, doesn't it. It proves conclusively that you're a major league asshole just like me and bob. What a schmuck. The difference between me and you two is that I'm smart enough to know it. You know you are a major league asshole? Then why not get help for your insane behavior? |
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Boycott French Ski Jargon!
"Mary Malmros" wrote in message ... The Real Bev writes: Mary Malmros wrote: The Real Bev writes: Dave Harsant wrote: "Mary Malmros" wrote: Vern93 writes: Mary Malmros wrote: Awake, patriotic - er, Unitedstatesians! How's this for irony: there is no adjective in English describing people or things from the United States...but there is one in Spanish: estadounidense. Sure there is! "American" ...which includes people from the USA, Mexico, Chile, etc. Not according to non-Americans :-) That's their problem, WE know who we are. How about 'Yanks'? Much easier than "United States of Americans" to distinguish ourselves from "United States of Mexicans". Oh yeah, go try and fly that lead balloon down in Georgia. FYI, the only people who are properly called "Yankees" are New Englanders, mostly of English ancestry, whose families have been continuously residing there for at least a couple hundred years. I thought the intent was to find a word that would work for non-Yanks, i.e., "foreigners," who would not be likely to care or perhaps even know about the Mason-Dixon line. I can't speak for anyone's "intent", but it's the height of rudeness -- if not imprudence -- to slap a label on a group of people without making some effort to find out if they like wearing it -- no matter how convenient it may be for the label-slappers. the bug. So are you implying we Aussies should not call you Seppos? :-) However, language is colloquial and ever evolving, and as someone else has pointed out, "American" has more than one dictionary meaning. Context defines which is intended. So when the rest of the world says Yank or Americans , we know what is meant. :-) |
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