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The question of why we call ourselves Americans and what an alternative could be is interesting and meant for another discussion.
What I was wondering was why so many people from the UK use "America " instead of US. It just seems shorter simpler and easier than saying America.
A bunch of Beatles nostalgia has been coming through the news feed, in some of it Paul says "America" referring to their first tour, the first appearance, etc. in the US. And it reminded me of my experience in the UK. When people hear my accent they tell me about the number of relatives who moved to America not the US.
Or they'll say "from America?" I get "from Canada?" too.
One man thought I sounded like I was from Mississippi, he'd spent a few years there and loved the accent
One lady at Dover Castle was fascinated that Americans would take the time to see it or even be interested in it. Just for WWII alone the castle, the grounds and the area would be of interest to most Americans.
But for those of us with British heritage the rich complex history of Dover is our heritage too. Just because we ran away from home and joined the circus it doesn't mean we didn't take our genetic and cultural heritage with us.
My question wasn't any sort of criticism at all, but one of curiosity.
The question of why we call ourselves Americans and what an alternative could be is interesting and meant for another discussion.
What I was wondering was why so many people from the UK use "America " instead of US. It just seems shorter simpler and easier than saying America.
A bunch of Beatles nostalgia has been coming through the news feed, in some of it Paul says "America" referring to their first tour, the first appearance, etc. in the US. And it reminded me of my experience in the UK. When people hear my accent they tell me about the number of relatives who moved to America not the US.
Or they'll say "from America?" I get "from Canada?" too.
One man thought I sounded like I was from Mississippi, he'd spent a few years there and loved the accent
One lady at Dover Castle was fascinated that Americans would take the time to see it or even be interested in it. Just for WWII alone the castle, the grounds and the area would be of interest to most Americans.
But for those of us with British heritage the rich complex history of Dover is our heritage too. Just because we ran away from home and joined the circus it doesn't mean we didn't take our genetic and cultural heritage with us.
My question wasn't any sort of criticism at all, but one of curiosity.
People in Britain do use US when referring to the country however when it comes to referring to the countries citizens they are collectively known as Americans.
People in Britain do use US when referring to the country however when it comes to referring to the countries citizens they are collectively known as Americans.
i think nowadays I hear The States more than America.
That was what my father would say many years ago. I would have thought it a bit old fashioned.
We are generally specific, as in we are going to eg San Francisco, or sometimes the US, but the adjective in common use everywhere is American. It is too awkward to talk about “US hamburgers” as an example.
We have a linguistic issue here in that people often talk about Queenslanders, Victorians, Tasmanian. But for the most populous state, NSW, “ New South Welshmen” is regarded as sexist these days so ends up being “people from NSW” which is awkward.
Language needs to be usable, and preferably concise.
"Central America" may mean different things to various people, based upon different contexts:
The non-official United Nations geoscheme for the Americas defines Central America as all states of mainland North America south of the United States, hence grouping Mexico as part of Central America for statistics purposes, but historically Mexico was considered part of North America. Wiki https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cent...orth%20America.
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