http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=6C3MuuQuTfg
Genius.
I love her use of “such as uh um i mean uh…”
Also i love how she says that the people who educated her should help do the same for the poor uneducated masses of South Africa and Iraq…such as…BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Her answer in all it’s glory…
“I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, uh, some, people out there in our nation don’t have maps and, uh, I believe that our, uh, education like such as, uh, South Africa and, uh, the Iraq, everywhere like such as, and, I believe that they should, our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., uh, or, uh, should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries, so we will be able to build up our future, for our [children]”
This is very funny however, wouldnt US Americans simply be Americans from the US? Aren’t Canadians, Mexicans, Brazillians etc. also technically Americans? Its a continent, not a country.
Yeah, but:
Canadians
Mexicans
United Statesians
See? It doesn’t work. We get to be “Americans” but it sounds better.
Alright, in that case, from now on I announce that Polish people will officially be referred to as Europeans. Just sounds better!
Oh come on.
“Polish” works. “United Statesish” doesn’t.
The Americas. North and South America.
I suppose you have a point, although I still dont like the idea of one country taking the term “Americans” for itself.
"we are north american scum. "
anyway, when people around the world refer to americans they damn well are not referring to people who live in mexico or brazil, or anybody living in calgary (“ay”).
c’mon. but this girl is a pageant queen–not supposed to have a brain.too funny.
btw, i have a few polish friends, and growing up in chicago it used to be a fact that chicago had more poles than warsaw. maybe double that now, considering how many polish businesses are up and down milwaukee avenue.
wish i could remember the phrase now–here goes,“jestche polska nie sgniewa”? meaning poland ain’t dead yet .
“sto lat” to you,jupitreas.(100 years)
Poland is the most invaded country on the planet. They’re just too damn nice and inviting…i believe…such as.
btw, i have a few polish friends, and growing up in chicago it used to be a fact that chicago had more poles than warsaw. maybe double that now, considering how many polish businesses are up and down milwaukee avenue.
wish i could remember the phrase now–here goes,“jestche polska nie sgniewa”? meaning poland ain’t dead yet .
“sto lat” to you,jupitreas.(100 years)
Some of my own family emigrated to the US back in the late 40s. Chicago having a larger Polish population than Warsaw doesn’t seem right to me though. Warsaw is a 2 million people city… Chicago apparently has about 200,000 Polish people in it now, so the number must have been smaller in the past.
oddly enough i had this same discussion just this past weekend when driving through customs into canada. when asked my citizenship i always just say “american”. the girlfriend argued that that wasn’t appropriate. i just figured we were both right depending on how you looked at it.
Its not a big deal either way, just an inconsistency that annoys obsessive types like myself:)
To me, the Americas always meant anything from Canada to Argentina. Many Latinos refer to themselves as American too (and they don’t mean from USA) so it’s all where you are and who you are saying it to… Technically speaking, Canadians are Americans too. So are Peruvians.
i’m not really sure what word you would use though when asked what your citizenship was when you are from the states other than “american”. Somehow saying “american of the united states” or “united states citizen” sound pretty lame.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_(word)
or:
websters:
1 : an American Indian of North America or South America 2 : a native or inhabitant of North America or South America 3 : a citizen of the United States
So everyone is right. but i say we deserve the whole word for ourselves though. that’s how we americans roll.
Considering the USA will be majority Latino very soon, that word will be used to describe them many times over both in the context of the US and Central/South America so in a few decades I have a feeling that word meaning may change again in the informal context.
I personally consider a U.S. American to be a non-Native American.
i’m puttin’ on the loin cloth now and killin’ me a squirrel…or a 'coon.
i think it’ll be a while until latino/hispanics are an overall majority but i think i read that all minorities combined will overtake whites in around 30-40 years. but no doubt they will become a majority sooner or later if they keep up this pace. i’d be kind of surprised is many latinos called themselves “americans” if they weren’t U.S. citizens. i’d expect them to specify an individual south/central american country (or mexico) more often than not no?
with you senor fish on this one.