On Sunday 02 October 2011 12:19:26 Lisi wrote: > 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.) 6 weeks - you're tough! Or was it Canada?
Well, there is "estadounidense" as being part of "americano". That is a courteous way of discerning them - as opposed to "yankee", which isn't polite and striclty speaking does not apply to, lets say e.g. Texans. Here for conciseness, Spanish got it. Funny when I hear "when I go to America ..." - hey, you ARE in America, just on the southern part of the continent. Mentioning it gets me blank stares - mostly. South-Americans however do grin. Eike -- Eike Lantzsch ZP6CGE Casilla de Correo 1519 1209 Asuncion / Paraguay -- 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/201110021848.37153.zp6...@gmx.net
