@a-unique-nickname saidIt is. The word "American" has been appropriated and assigned elsewhere. A clever clogs in some Colombian bar might chunter on to you about that appropriation and drone on about Amerigo Vespucci and Martin Waldseemüller, but it doesn't have any real traction anymore. Or so I have been told by South Americans I've met.
It's not.
@fmf saidWhat about African Americans?
Europe, North America, Asia, Africa, South America etc. becomes European, North American, Asian, African, South American etc. Yes you are Irish and European. A Colombian is a Colombian and a South American, historical rhetoric about The Americas and The New World notwithstanding.
@the-gravedigger saidHa ha. If they live in the U.S.A. then they are Americans. People in Brazil whose ancestors came from Africa are not African Americans.
What about African Americans?
At the watercooler:
A: "I hear Maria is American... what a pity we have no way of knowing which of the 35 countries of North and South America she's from..."
B: "Yes indeed. Amerigo Vespucci was Italian, you know? We get the term The Americas from his name."
A: "How fasinating"
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@fmf saidIs Christ just a shortened version of Christopher?🤔
At the watercooler:
A: "I hear Maria is American... what a pity we have no way of knowing which of the 35 countries of North and South America she's from..."
B: "Yes indeed. Amerigo Vespucci was Italian, you know? We get the term The Americas from his name."
A: "How fasinating"
@great-big-stees saidNo. One of the three wise men hit his head on the door as he stooped to enter the stable and he yelled "Christ almighty that hurt!" Mary looked at Joseph and said "That's what we'll call him!"
Is Christ just a shortened version of Christopher?🤔
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@fmf saidHow many people from south America have you met in Indonesia?
It is. The word "American" has been appropriated and assigned elsewhere. A clever clogs in some Colombian bar might chunter on to you about that appropriation and drone on about Amerigo Vespucci and Martin Waldseemüller, but it doesn't have any real traction anymore. Or so I have been told by South Americans I've met.
@a-unique-nickname saidA few dozen I'd say. My city gets visited by a lot of Brazilians and Argentinians for some reason. Having been a barfly in the past, I bumped into loads of them. I also met South Americans at Global South conferences, symposiums and seminars when I was more active in theNGO world than I am now. There were a few South Americans at the university I used to work at. I met them for drinks a few times. There were quite a few I met in Australia too: a lot of them seemed to be Brazilian. I knew a bunch of Spanish language teachers from Latin America when I lived in Japan. Then there were those I knew in Britain and those I met travelling around Europe.
How many people from south America have you met in Indonesia?
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@fmf saidB: Is it possible Maria is from Central America?'
At the watercooler:
A: "I hear Maria is American... what a pity we have no way of knowing which of the 35 countries of North and South America she's from..."
B: "Yes indeed. Amerigo Vespucci was Italian, you know? We get the term The Americas from his name."
@the-gravedigger saidYes. Another reason to vote for Trump. So he can finish The Wall.
B: Is it possible Maria is from Central America?'
@fmf saidWas this before or after you were in the... ah, Jesus, never mind.
A few dozen I'd say. My city gets visited by a lot of Brazilians and Argentinians for some reason. Having been a barfly in the past, I bumped into loads of them. I also met South Americans at Global South conferences, symposiums and seminars when I was more active in theNGO world than I am now. There were a few South Americans at the university I used to work at. I met them for d ...[text shortened]... I lived in Japan. Then there were those I knew in Britain and those I met travelling around Europe.
