you're drifting off on a tangent, as well as splitting hairs. The most common use of the term "American" is in reference to someone with national origins, (eg Nationality) in the United states.
http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=American Regards, LelandJ On 01/26/2010 10:54 AM, Ricardo Aráoz wrote: > Leland F. Jackson, CPA wrote: >> On 01/26/2010 04:54 AM, Ricardo Aráoz wrote: >> >>> Leland F. Jackson, CPA wrote: >>> >>>> Who liberated Belgium in late 1944, after Belgium fell to >>>> Nazi Germany in May 1940? >>>> >>>> >>> So you are *actually* arguing that yanks are the "master race"? >>> Does this mean you would have been in favour of Hitler if only he had >>> been a yank? >>> >> >> >> No, No, No. "American" is a nationality with people of >> every race. There is no master race, only diversity between >> people, who probably evolved over long periods of time as >> they adopted to their specific environments, developed there >> own languages, tools, methods, physis, etc. >> >> Regards, > No, no, no. "American" is not a nationality. "American" denotes > somebody original from the American *continent*. That's why I used the > term *yanks*, lacking a better one (United Satearian? Unitarian? > USarian? )("citizen of the United States" is too long and pompous). > > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html > --- > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
