The Rant

[SAT 9,609]

I get this angry rant a lot down here. People ask me where I'm from, I say "I'm American" and they go off about how presumptions Americans are for calling themselves Americans since they, too, are "Americans", and that I should be more specific, blah blah blah. As far as I'm concerned, that logic can f$%& off.

Next time, do what the Jews do when asked the question, "what are you"

"I'm a Jew"

What are you?

"I'm a Christian"

[Caryh 5,206]

Rant using the term African American. What do I call people of African decent with a melanistic persuasion, when they are not American? What about my Caucasian friend who immigrated to the USA from South Africa and became an USA citizen? He's also an African American. Why can't African Americans come up with a term they want to be called thats not fraught with these predicaments?

[Asia 2,498]

I get this angry rant a lot down here. People ask me where I'm from, I say "I'm American" and they go off about how presumptions Americans are for calling themselves Americans since they, too, are "Americans", and that I should be more specific, blah blah blah. As far as I'm concerned, that logic can f$%& off.

Yeah, it seems weird (for me, no offense) that people from the US call themselves "Americans", since it's a name of the whole continent (actually two or three, I was corrected in that other thread), but so far no other name has been invented, so people from the US has been called Americans all around the world

[SAT 9,609]

Rant using the term African American. What do I call people of African decent with a melanistic persuasion, when they are not American? What about my Caucasian friend who immigrated to the USA from South Africa and became an USA citizen? He's also an African American. Why can't African Americans come up with a term they want to be called thats not fraught with these predicaments?

do what they do in the ghetto, call each other a .........

Yeah, it seems weird (for me, no offense) that people from the US call themselves "Americans", since it's a name of the whole continent (actually two or three, I was corrected in that other thread), but so far no other name has been invented, so people from the US has been called Americans all around the world

When in the Philippines, cary is introduces as "The cranky ole yankee from a clanky ole tanky"

[oohpartiv 484]

And for the record, I've never heard anyone down here refer to themselves as either "American" or "South American", they all use their country's titles (Chilean, Ecuadorian, Peruvian), just as Americans do when we call ourselves AMERICAN, considering the damn word "America" is in the name of our country. People just like getting mad at Americans for dumb #######.

[N-o-l-a 7,167]

I get this angry rant a lot down here. People ask me where I'm from, I say "I'm American" and they go off about how presumptions Americans are for calling themselves Americans since they, too, are "Americans", and that I should be more specific, blah blah blah. As far as I'm concerned, that logic can f$%& off.

Errrrmmmm what else would we call ourselves? USAers?

Next time, do what the Jews do when asked the question, "what are you"

"I'm a Jew"

What are you?

"I'm a Christian"

My minor is in Judaic Studies, and often times I think people don't get this whole ethnic/religious/cultural Jew thing.

My husband just call me a mutt, because I'm only part Jutlander. At least I'm not as inbred.

[The Mean Lady 604]

Rant using the term African American. What do I call people of African decent with a melanistic persuasion, when they are not American? What about my Caucasian friend who immigrated to the USA from South Africa and became an USA citizen? He's also an African American. Why can't African Americans come up with a term they want to be called thats not fraught with these predicaments?

My roomate was just black.

He wasn't african.

I didn't run around calling myself russian american.

He was american. And black.

[SAT 9,609]

And for the record, I've never heard anyone down here refer to themselves as either "American" or "South American", they all use their country's titles (Chilean, Ecuadorian, Peruvian), just as Americans do when we call ourselves AMERICAN, considering the damn word "America" is in the name of our country. People just like getting mad at Americans for dumb #######.

we are the only nation with the word "America" in it's name

[Caryh 5,206]

do what they do in the ghetto, call each other a .........

When in the Philippines, cary is introduces as "The cranky ole yankee from a clanky ole tanky"

Actually they call me a Kanoy there. Kano being their term for foreigners and the added Y because I live and act like a Pinoy while there, which is what they call themselves.

[The Mean Lady 604]

And for the record, I've never heard anyone down here refer to themselves as either "American" or "South American", they all use their country's titles (Chilean, Ecuadorian, Peruvian), just as Americans do when we call ourselves AMERICAN, considering the damn word "America" is in the name of our country. People just like getting mad at Americans for dumb #######.

I think people typically pull it from a generalization of 'asian'

But I feel that calling yourself "asian" is more when you're referring to caucasian, black, asian, etc.

Skin tone.

Because it isn't caucasian, black, yellow lmao

Edited March 11, 2013 by KDH

[oohpartiv 484]

It's official - something is in my apartment. I don't know if it's a mouse or what but something just knocked over my thrashcan (effectively scaring the bejesus out of me) and my dog is going wild. I need the hubby to come home to get rid of whatever is lurking over there.

[The Mean Lady 604]

Yeah, it seems weird (for me, no offense) that people from the US call themselves "Americans", since it's a name of the whole continent (actually two or three, I was corrected in that other thread), but so far no other name has been invented, so people from the US has been called Americans all around the world

But if you want to refer to yourself as the name of the entire continent (IE European) then you can't abbreviate it to american.

You'd be NORTH american. or SOUTH american.

[SAT 9,609]

Actually they call me a Kanoy there. Kano being their term for foreigners and the added Y because I live and act like a Pinoy while there, which is what they call themselves.

And Pinay is the chicks ( I spent 2 months in the phils when I was in the Corps)

[The Mean Lady 604]

And no one better be seriously referring to themselves as american because they want to refer to the entire 2 continents.

That's called someone reaching just because they want to be right.

Next thing you know, you'll be calling people 'western hemispherian'

#### it, I'm earthian.

Edited March 11, 2013 by KDH

[oohpartiv 484]

But if you want to refer to yourself as the name of the entire continent (IE European) then you can't abbreviate it to american.

You'd be NORTH american. or SOUTH american.

And in that case you'd never know what country they'd be from. If I called myself "North American" people might think I was Canadian.

Rant: BIL just came in to "use our scale"... somehow managed to mooch a bottle of water and a packet of tea on his way out. GO AWAAAY