I use this to troll upperclass Latinos who think there ish don't stink. They get there panties in a bunch and it makes me feel good inside.
"All My Bitches love me....I love all my bitches,
but its like soon as I cum... I come to my senses."
Quote: (06-21-2014 04:32 AM)Akula Wrote:
This annoys me.
It's the United States of AMERICA for Chrissake. America is in the country's name!! It's that simple. Nobody is saying "hey I'm from America" out of some sort of arrogance it's just actually part of the name of the country.
As another example, Mexico is technically Estados Unidos Mexicanos (United States of Mexico) and is commonly referred to as "Mexico."
Duh.
Quote: (06-22-2014 06:48 AM)Ethan Amarante Wrote:
I'm not sure I understand what you're saying. Surely by that logic Qatar isn't an Arab country because the United Arab Emirates has 'Arab' in the name and so its citizens are the only people who should be referred to as 'Arabs'.
Quote: (06-22-2014 06:48 AM)Ethan Amarante Wrote:
I don't really see a problem with the term 'United Statesian', to be honest. Some other demonyms are fairly awkward, but there are plenty of other strange-sounding ones.
Quote: (06-22-2014 11:20 AM)buja Wrote:
Quote: (06-22-2014 06:48 AM)Ethan Amarante Wrote:
I'm not sure I understand what you're saying. Surely by that logic Qatar isn't an Arab country because the United Arab Emirates has 'Arab' in the name and so its citizens are the only people who should be referred to as 'Arabs'.
Apples and oranges. "Arab" refers to a distinct ethnolinguistic group.
Quote: (06-21-2014 04:32 AM)Akula Wrote:
This annoys me.
It's the United States of AMERICA for Chrissake. America is in the country's name!! It's that simple. Nobody is saying "hey I'm from America" out of some sort of arrogance it's just actually part of the name of the country.
As another example, Mexico is technically Estados Unidos Mexicanos (United States of Mexico) and is commonly referred to as "Mexico."
Duh.
Quote: (06-22-2014 07:47 PM)kavakid Wrote:
I have had this SAME problem. I usually answer like thus:
1. No one ever uses the term American to refer to latinos. No one from argentina says "I'm proud to be american". Everyone in the world knows that American or Americano means USA.
2. Like mentioned, everyone keeps calling us "Americans". Other countries use that term even more than we do, and we use it a LOT.
3. What other term could we possibly use? USAyen?
Last time I pointed this out to someone giving me a hard time, they shut the fuck up and had no response to my answers. Bottom line is that people always hate the guy ahead (USA) whether they are right or wrong.
Quote: (06-23-2014 07:58 AM)kavakid Wrote:
As redneck as it may sound, I am proud to be American, for the most part. However, i see the evils that have also been done by Americans to latin american countries. So I understand anti-american sentiment. And I am usually open to discussing the evils of American CIA, etc with anyone. But when someone mentions the whole "americans" symantics thing its just annoying and pointless waste of time. It falls into the "everything American is wrong category".
Truth is that 99% of people on this planet love the word American for US citizens. Those that hate us still love to call us "esos americanos estupidos". That will never change. We will always be called American and there is nothing anyone can do about it.
Quote: (06-23-2014 09:41 AM)RexImperator Wrote:
Funny how we are named after a mapmaker... If you think about it we should all be Columbians (not Colombians).
Another thing... Why aren't Italian and French Americans also called Latinos?
Quote: (06-23-2014 12:23 PM)JJ Roberts Wrote:
Quote: (06-21-2014 01:11 AM)buja Wrote:
There is no other word in English to describe someone from the US.
Not true. If someone asks you where you are from you can choose to say "U.S." which is quicker and less syllables than saying "american" or you can say "USA".