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Irish American ,African American ,Spanish American never hear of people in the US referring to themselves as Anglo American .
Unfashionable ?

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Originally posted by phil3000
Irish American ,African American ,Spanish American never hear of people in the US referring to themselves as Anglo American .
Unfashionable ?
I could have grown up in America. As I remember, people (in the Midwest) called my parents Brits, which was fine by them. My sister and I were treated really kindly, and I think we both felt more American than British at one stage (although most of all we felt we were part of our own family). Though I never learnt that national anthem and didn't quite understand pledging allegiance to the flag every morning at school, I respected that that was the way things were done. We moved back to England in 1984 and I treasured my American memories for a long time. I don't know whether I would have ended up calling myself Anglo-American -- it's just too difficult to compute that answer, as I have not been back very much and have lost touch.

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Originally posted by phil3000
Irish American ,African American ,Spanish American never hear of people in the US referring to themselves as Anglo American .
Unfashionable ?
we prefer, "cracker", thank you very much...

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Originally posted by NoEarthlyReason
I could have grown up in America. As I remember, people (in the Midwest) called my parents Brits, which was fine by them. My sister and I were treated really kindly, and I think we both felt more American than British at one stage (although most of all we felt we were part of our own family). Though I never learnt that national anthem and didn't quit ...[text shortened]... ust too difficult to compute that answer, as I have not been back very much and have lost touch.
I can only think of two types of hyphenated Canadians we hear used and that's English-Canadians and French-Canadians. We are a Bilingual nation...well officially anyway.

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Originally posted by phil3000
Irish American ,African American ,Spanish American never hear of people in the US referring to themselves as Anglo American .
Unfashionable ?
I am partly anglo-american but also partly not. I was actually born in France.
My ancestry includes people who are Polish and Prussian, English, German, French and who knows what else.
I wouldn't even know where to begin in using all of that to refer to myself.
I am happy to be associated with these other countries through my roots or ancestry but I do not need to define myself by including them in what I call myself.
Why on earth do I need to complicate things?

I do not owe loyalty or allegiance to any other country but America.
This is where I choose to live, where I pay taxes and vote, and where I am a citizen.
So I am simply an AMERICAN. I don't have any need to be more than that.

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Americans are crazy and make little sense. Don't put too much thought into these matters.

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Originally posted by Seitse
Americans are crazy and make little sense. Don't put too much thought into these matters.
It's hard to make sense of a melting pot of diversity. Probably why we're crazy. 😛

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Originally posted by josephw
It's hard to make sense of a melting pot of diversity. Probably why we're crazy. 😛
I thought the melting pot analogy alluded to taking many cultures
and producing a single new one. The opposite of diversity.

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Originally posted by phil3000
Irish American ,African American ,Spanish American never hear of people in the US referring to themselves as Anglo American .
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Sorry, Anglo-American is not accredited victim group. No sympathy.

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Originally posted by wolfgang59
I thought the melting pot analogy alluded to taking many cultures
and producing a single new one. The opposite of diversity.
There is no such thing as the melting pot. You can draw the lines between
the ethnically separated areas of every city.

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Originally posted by Seitse
There is no such thing as the melting pot. You can draw the lines between
the ethnically separated areas of every city.
I had some melting pot a while back, smelled wonderful.

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Originally posted by sonhouse
I had some melting pot a while back, smelled wonderful.
With chili?

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Perhaps America is more like a fondue. You dip different kinds of people in the America, they come out covered in America, and then you eat them.

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Originally posted by NoEarthlyReason
America

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Originally posted by phil3000
Irish American ,African American ,Spanish American never hear of people in the US referring to themselves as Anglo American .
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WASP (White Anglo Saxon Protestant) was popular back in the 60's. It had a vaguely negative connotation.