Thread: Why are they called Americans?

Originally Posted by gugi

I have no idea what Gugi is about to quote from me in his next post.

Originally Posted by hoglahoo

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Originally Posted by hoglahoo

I have no idea what Gugi is about to quote from me in his next post.

everything!!! need more posts, yapping face is awaiting me at 2kiloposts

Originally Posted by gugi

everything!!! need more posts, yapping face is awaiting me at 2kiloposts

I thought you already had a yapping face, GUrk

Originally Posted by gugi

everything!!! need more posts, yapping face is awaiting me at 2kiloposts

Glad to see you antipodeans have finally gone metric.

James.

Jordan,

You asked about those "Danes".

Well I asked a Dane why they used to come over in their Viking boats and rape our women.
He said it was probably because we didn't do it very well ourselves.

That's why they are often called Yanks or Yankees instead of Americans, although I did notice some southerners do not like to be called Yanks. Something to do with the Civil War I believe.

Originally Posted by Kees

That's why they are often called Yanks or Yankees instead of Americans, although I did notice some southerners do not like to be called Yanks. Something to do with the Civil War I believe.

No, it's the other way around. We Southerners are ok with "Yanks" as a non-US citizen might refer to any American, but "Yankees"? - now them's fighting words!

I think I phrased that correctly. I'm sure there are enough other Southerners on here to correct me if I'm wrong...

Originally Posted by Kees

That's why they are often called Yanks or Yankees instead of Americans, although I did notice some southerners do not like to be called Yanks. Something to do with the Civil War I believe.

That would be a "damn" Yank or Yankee. I don't know how much animosity is left in the term Yankee from the Civil War, but I know it's enough that I wouldn't use that term indiscriminately in the deep south. Some southerners act like they are still Johnny Rebs

Originally Posted by English

I always thought that the Americas was the mass of land that consisted of North America and South America.
In the North you find two countries, Canada and The United States of America.
In the South you find many different countries from Mexico in the North of South America to Argentina in the South of South America
The inhabitants of Canada are called Canadians.
The inhabitants of Mexico are called Mexicans.
The inhabitants of Argentina are called Argentineans.
The inhabitants of The United States of America are called Americans.

Well that's the polite name anyway.
As an Englishman I always think of Americans as colonials. Because as I recollect we, The British colonized that land mass a few years back.

Anyway, I'm English I was born in England, I'm also British because I come from Great Britain and I'm also a citizen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. I am also a European. So beat that for confusing.

I think it was the Spanish who first colonized America, but of course there were inhabitants here long before the Europeans arrived who acted more civilized than modern civilization.

I consider myself a human and try not to affiliate with being an American because that just states where I currently reside.