Indeed, U.S.A. is not America!
America is the name of a whole continent. United States of America means that the United States belongs to America and NOT that America belongs to the United States. So, next time you want to refer to The United States of America, you can do it as U.S. or the States or whatever you want but not as only America. Gotcha?
How should I use the term America then?
Here we will show you some wrong and correct uses of the term America:
This is how we do it in America.
This is how we do it in the States.
- America is my country and I love it.
- The United States is my country and I love it.
- America lost the Vietnam war.
- U.S.A. lost the Vietnam war.
- Here in America we love Mc Donald's.
- Here in the U.S. we love Mc Donald's.
Please, note that this page in not about demonyms (gentilics) but about the way to call a country.
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I will follow the recommendation put forth by the Real Academia Española and I'll use the term "americano" when referring to the people of the States.
americano, na
1. adj. Natural de América. U. t. c. s.
2. adj. Perteneciente o relativo a América o a los americanos.
3. adj. indiano (‖ que vuelve rico de América). U. t. c. s.
4. adj. estadounidense. Apl. a pers., u. t. c. s.
5. m. café americano.
6. f. Chaqueta de tela, con solapas y botones, que llega por debajo de la cadera.
https://dle.rae.es/americano#2KRSL3V
A distinguished and well educated academy :)
Morgan don't be an idiot. They don't recommend it:
3. El gentilicio recomendado, por ser el de uso mayoritario, es estadounidense, aunque en algunos países de América, especialmente en México, se emplea con preferencia la forma estadunidense, también válida. Debe evitarse el empleo de la voz usamericano, por estar formada sobre la sigla inglesa. Tampoco es aceptable la forma estadinense, usada alguna vez en Colombia a propuesta de algunos filólogos, y que no ha prosperado. Coloquialmente se emplea la voz yanqui (→ yanqui), a menudo con matiz despectivo.
Pero debe evitarse el empleo de americano para referirse exclusivamente a los habitantes de los Estados Unidos, uso abusivo que se explica por el hecho de que los estadounidenses utilizan a menudo el nombre abreviado América (en inglés, sin tilde) para referirse a su país. No debe olvidarse que América es el nombre de todo el continente y son americanos todos los que lo habitan.
Hey Andy!
Do you think that you can repeat what you said … translating all of it to English?
hahaha this guy is a loser. He doesn't understand Spanish and doesn't realize he is supporting non-AgloAmericans =D
How do we learn from other countries, peoples, communities about memory as a practice of becoming more human, a practice of resistance against amnesia as a tool of Empire – with our particular United Statian default settings of tuning out war and often fragmented attention spans?
https://www.conspireforchange.org/how-do-we-remember-and-memorialize-war
‘We will not stop’: pipeline opponents ready for America’s biggest environmental fight
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/20/line-3-pipeline-indigenous-environmental-justice
Great job reposting the same stuff, Anthony Mustafa. Where would we be without your incredible scholarship, and your amazing ability to type “United Statian” into Google.
Today started the American Football Cup!!!
Brazil vs Venezuela
Colombia and Brazil are leading the championship
Argentina!
Scenes From Juneteenth: America’s Newest Holiday, 156 Years in the Making
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/19/us/juneteenth-photos.html
The funny thing is that Americo Vespucio (or as the English speakers call him: Americus Vespucci) was not called Americo, that was a nickname. Because he talked a lot about the place on the continent he had come to, the Amerrisque Mountains.
I don’t think Vespucci’s first name is spelt with a ‘c’ but instead with a ‘g’.
His full name is Amerigo Vespucci … and it’s interesting if ‘Amerigo’ really was used just as a nickname.
Even so, I don’t remember hearing anything about the Amerrisque Mountains before.
as the story goes, Alberigo Vespucci's boat had to stir away from a storm and went down to what is today the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua. Apparently the Amerrisque mountains helped in stopping the wind. Once on land, the crew met with natives "Amerrisque" and traded things with the natives who gave them gold. The native's told them they got their gold from the Amerrisque mountains. These mountains still exist bearing that name "Amerrisque".
From Wikipedia: "Amerrique is the Indian name of the mountains between Juigalpa and Libertad in the Chontales Department in Nicaragua; these mountains separate Lake Nicaragua from the Mosquito Coast. The Mayan name Amerrique signifies "the country of the wind", "the country where the wind blows constantly". The range is named after the Amerrisque tribe, who are fast fading away. It is supposed that the Amerrisques were once powerful, but very little is known concerning them. The decay of their speech went on for a long time before contact with Europeans, and the name by which the people and the mountains are now known is, not improbably, the bare remnant of the original word, which may very well have been something like Amerristiquiqque, shortened successively to Amerristique and Amerrisque.[2]"
Why do you use Wikipedia as a source after constantly claiming that it is a biased and worthless source? Isn’t that extremely hypocritical?
Thanks for all the examples of United Statian being used. I am seeing that name used more often now. More people are using it and talking about it. This site is spreading the word. United Statian is nowhere near as common as American but it’s growing. The more United Statian is used the more influence it will have around the world. Keep up the good work!
A group of United Statians trying to cross the border with Mexico...
https://bit.ly/3oQv9Xy
Love or Spycraft: What Landed an American Teacher in a Cuban Prison?
https://nyti.ms/3xDj8YH
15 years ago began the US invasion of Iraq...
How do we learn from other countries, peoples, communities about memory as a practice of becoming more human, a practice of resistance against amnesia as a tool of Empire – with our particular United Statian default settings of tuning out war and often fragmented attention spans?
https://www.conspireforchange.org/how-do-we-remember-and-memorialize-war/
Why American Women Everywhere Are Delaying Motherhood
https://nyti.ms/3xCj6AG
I will follow the recommendation put forth by Dr. Thomas Holloway and I'll use the term "United Statian" when referring to the people of the States.
https://quixoticreflexions.blogspot.com/2008/06/problem-with-americans-part-2.html
Welcome to an extreme minority. You are so brave and woke. Keep up the good work.
A distinguished and well educated minority :)
https://ucdavis.academia.edu/TomHolloway/CurriculumVitae
but... who are you? don't tell me you learn from US TV!
Why Won’t Republicans Rebuild America?
https://nyti.ms/2TOL4ua
So Morgan, did the cites help you accept that your cultural complacency does not help and United Statians come from the northern part of America? or do you need to read more cites from previous pages? or will you blindly adhere to the US tradition?
Please tell us, but don't ask for more. There is enough to read on this site.
Morgan is a clown. Don't give them attention, just ignore them.
I am very glad that my calling out Andy’s plagiarism has led to more people citing their sources. We should all be better than Andy. It’s the right thing to do. Thank you all so much.
Who are you?
I am she who will bring you out of the darkness and into the light.