• 🇺🇸󠁿 🇧🇷 🇨🇦 🇦🇷 🇲🇽 🇹🇹 🇨🇺
    The Americas
    Drug Discussion

    Welcome Guest!
    Posting Rules Bluelight Rules
  • NSADD Moderators: deficiT | Jen

How Did People from the U.S. Come to Call Themselves just "American" [like historically, factually]

JackARoe said:
Here I will smooth it out a little again. We Americans are you, your descendants. The first settlers had English accents. We are all one, we can't get away from that! ;)

That is why I like to call us Earthings. Someday that will come in handy.
Click to expand...

I like Earthings, but it reminds me of that documentary, Earthlings, which is one of the most upsetting things I have ever seen (and I've seen Gusomilk!*)


*don't google that lol
 
ChemicallyEnhanced said:
They don't. People from England are called English. The people from the other countries in the UK are called by their country (Scottish, Welsh, Northern Irish).
Click to expand...
I feel like most people would just say "Irish" without the Northern part.
 
ChemicallyEnhanced said:
But with the U.S. you just call yourselves "American". Which, yes, you are from that continent...but the term is used to refer just to people from the U.S.
Click to expand...
Why do you think we call our national sport tournaments the "world series"... but it's only US based teams who compete?

Because we are the center of the universe and the only country that matters. ;)
 
The name "America" was derived from Amerigo Vespucci, a man we rarely hear anything about:

historythings.com

Amerigo Vespucci: America's Namesake

Amerigo Vespucci was born March 4, 1451 or 1454 (scholars say different things) in Florence, Italy to Lisabetta Mini and Nastagio Vespucci. In 1479, Vespucci was sent by the Medici family to be a spokesman to the French king. Later on, Vespucci helped with the preparation for Christopher...
historythings.com
 
swilow said:
I feel like most people would just say "Irish" without the Northern part.
Click to expand...

No, they don't. They say Irish to refer to Ireland and Northern Irish to refer to Northern Ireland (they are two different countries). Ireland is not in the UK. Northern Ireland is. Neither of them are in Britain
 
ChemicallyEnhanced said:
No, they don't. They say Irish to refer to Ireland and Northern Irish to refer to Northern Ireland (they are two different countries). Ireland is not in the UK. Northern Ireland is. Neither of them are in Britain
Click to expand...
Most Americans don't understand the geopolitical distinctions.

I'd be willing to bet 75% of Americans don't even know Northern Ireland exists, let alone the difference between the UK, Great Britain, England, and Ireland.

I mean, it is a bit confusing. Like Russian nesting dolls. If I hadn't visited those countries several times I probably wouldn't know it all either.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top