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Swan-of-War wrote:
We can all thank Texas for the reputation of "Ugly Americans". Neuvo riche oil barons traveling to Europe at the turn of the century - loud, brash, uncouth - "Look Maw, them's Frenchman's eatin' a frog!" *shoots guns into the air*

Damn straight. And boy it was an effort. Do you know how hard it is to drive a Ford F350 double dooley from Fort Worth to Paris? Damn hard.

OP, please use proper syntax and punctuation in the future.

Also:

"United states of amercia isnt really a country"

The levels of wrong in this one statement are staggering.

Unless you were indeed referring to the "United states of amercia." In that case you are correct, as no place exists

"American" = USA
"Pan American" = the entire continent

Sorry they didn't consult you when they made that decision.

whembly wrote:I thought it was the "Awesome-sauce 'Murrican"?

This animal was almost extirpated as a result of being shot in the US (and the DDT didn't help, either). Also, the US is tag-team champs at best in the world-war category; and y'all suffered a pretty humiliating defeat on the indie circuit back in the '70s.

whembly wrote:

I've always been unclear on why some people think that the US Army is responsible for the teaching of English.

whembly wrote:

NASA uses Imperial measurements simply because the cost of converting everything is too expensive; which is unfortunate, as Metric is a superior system, even if its typical units of measurement are stupid sizes (seriously, centimeters is stupid. I want a system based on multiples of 10 that starts with inches.)

I know you kinda have a sense of humor, so you just must love trollin.

 azazel the cat wrote:
I've always been unclear on why some people think that the US Army is responsible for the teaching of English

You may be missing the meaning of the sign there

 Dreadclaw69 wrote:

 azazel the cat wrote:
I've always been unclear on why some people think that the US Army is responsible for the teaching of English

You may be missing the meaning of the sign there

It's a stupid sign that makes no sense.

People from the Unites States should be called Statesmen.

 d-usa wrote:

 Dreadclaw69 wrote:

 azazel the cat wrote:
I've always been unclear on why some people think that the US Army is responsible for the teaching of English

You may be missing the meaning of the sign there

It's a stupid sign that makes no sense.

Actually in your case it makes sense Because without the U.S. Army Oklahoma would probably have spoken Spanglish as a part of Texas (the country) which would be the first country where english and spanish speakers intermingled commonly.

So Yes Virginia the army is the reason you speak English.

 d-usa wrote:

 Dreadclaw69 wrote:

 azazel the cat wrote:
I've always been unclear on why some people think that the US Army is responsible for the teaching of English

You may be missing the meaning of the sign there

It's a stupid sign that makes no sense.

Really?

So the presense of the Military hasn't prevented the US from being conquored by Russians and Nazi Germany, thus ensuring we are reading the sign in english.

Or in Spanish even earlier.

I always thought it was simple. We don't live in the United States. We live in the United States of America.

It might be because we claimed that title first, and we are the only country that put the name of the continant into the name of the country.

 azazel the cat wrote:

whembly wrote:I thought it was the "Awesome-sauce 'Murrican"?

This animal was almost extirpated as a result of being shot in the US (and the DDT didn't help, either). Also, the US is tag-team champs at best in the world-war category; and y'all suffered a pretty humiliating defeat on the indie circuit back in the '70s.

Um... okay. WW2 would've turned out the same had we not been involved... right... m'kay?

And we didn't lose militarily in the '70s...

whembly wrote:

I've always been unclear on why some people think that the US Army is responsible for the teaching of English.

 Grey Templar wrote:
and we are the only country that put the name of the continant into the name of the country.

False.

Edit:

I could have sworn you were false. Looks like I might be eating my words

Edit 2:

Yup. I was thinking of Mexico. But they are the "United Mexican States". Not sure where I got the idea from that they had America in their title somewhere...

 d-usa wrote:

 Grey Templar wrote:
and we are the only country that put the name of the continant into the name of the country.

False.

Really... which country? I'm curious... this sounds like a good trick question.

EDIT: oh... just saw your edit...

Bullockist wrote:
People from the Unites States should be called Statesmen.

Which United States? The United States of America or the United States of Mexico?

I'm sorry, the "United Mexican States". Stupid post Cold War textbooks, not every state can afford you.

I call myself Texan. The awesomeness is then communicated in one word.

 kronk wrote:
I call myself Texan. The awesomeness is then communicated in one word.

Indeed!

Monroe doctrine, bitches!

 Grey Templar wrote:
It might be because we claimed that title first, and we are the only country that put the name of the continant into the name of the country.

Australia?

 djones520 wrote:

 Grey Templar wrote:
It might be because we claimed that title first, and we are the only country that put the name of the continant into the name of the country.

Australia?

He's specifically talking about North America, as the question in the OP is about people from the USoA being the only ones called Americans.

Edit: Well I'll be damned, Mexico really is United Mexican States!

 kronk wrote:

 djones520 wrote:

 Grey Templar wrote:
It might be because we claimed that title first, and we are the only country that put the name of the continant into the name of the country.

Australia?

He's specifically talking about North America, as the question in the OP is about people from the USoA being the only ones called Americans.

Ahh. That makes more sense.

 djones520 wrote:

 Grey Templar wrote:
It might be because we claimed that title first, and we are the only country that put the name of the continant into the name of the country.

Australia?

Although Australia as a continent is also know as Oceania, or so my memory tells me.

Bullockist wrote:
People from the Unites States should be called Statesmen.

We prefer to be called "Super People"

 kronk wrote:
I call myself Texan. The awesomeness is then communicated in one word.

Exactly.



Its scary the amount of these I've done or been too.

Because calling ourselves Unitedstatesians or USAians is stupid?

*Because the correct term "Badassmofoians" was embarassing to the European Union?

*"Komrade" was already taken?

*Everyone got it wrong and by the time we realized we should be calling ourselves Vespuccians the name had already stuck?

The term "American" has always struck me as one of those things that became correct after some extended time of misuse and everyone simply accepting it as the older generations died off. Though I really, Really REALLY *REALLY* hate the implications in certain circumstances (irregardless, anyone...?).

To answer some earlier Europe/British posts, speaking as a bona fide Britisher... no, Europe won't be a similar superstate in the next 50 years, and I highly doubt the next 100 even. After that is of course anyone's guess. There are a number of things standing in the way, but most notably are the numerous different languages and currencies - the Euro hasn't caught on in a lot of European countries and many still use their own. Others still use dual-currency systems - there are very few countries using the Euro alone. If Europe is to merge into one that quickly, it will be by force - it happened for the US in the late 18th century. The last time someone tried it here, we showed them where to stick it and still to this day make fun of his moustache and singular testicle.

Another blocker is, well, us. Us former Empire people who don't want to join Europe because, dammit, we're British. We won't stand for some jumped-up noggin halfway across the continent in Brussels telling us what's best for us! Also, we've seen what joining the EU in full could do for our fairly consistently impressive exchange rate, and it's not pretty.

Lastly, somebody asked what would you call someone in the UK that doesn't want to be called British? Simple... you use the country they're from. English, Scottish, Welsh or Irish.

With politics the way they are I think it would be more likely for the USA to become more like Europe than for Europe to become more like the USA.

 purplefood wrote:
One of those lakes looks like a penis.

So the other two lakes are it's shredded ball sack?