2011/10/2 Lisi <lisi.re...@gmail.com>: > On Sunday 02 October 2011 15:58:01 consul tores wrote: >> i am from El Salvador of America, but we do not take "America" only >> for us; maybe it is related to common sense! or maybe low knowledge of >> Geography. it is the same with North America without Mexico. > > I agree, consul tores and try to remember to say either the USofA or the USA > when meaning that country. But I have never found an acceptable way for > saying that someone is a native of that country. Citizen of the USofA > perhaps?? Maybe we should coin an adjective. USian perhaps? > > Lisi > (Who once spent 6 weeks in America, but has never been to the USA.)
I never say American to do a reference to US or Americans/USians, because i am American too. Canadians use "native" and USians "indians" i think; we say "indigenous"; and in general American natives or ancestors. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cafxkjqkyw7ggabadmb6enh4xtjjwz2uougoxnk6dgvqtob-...@mail.gmail.com
