What do they call you?

[Sharon 1]

Rick calls me his "sweet little import".

Edited January 27, 2007 by Sharon

[Alex+R 0]

Rick calls me his "sweet little import".

HA In Brazil I'd get "a importada" (the imported girl). "Oh, are you bringing the importada?"

But otherwise gringa, predictably.

Oh, and "estadunidense" instead of americana because we're all americans in N and S America, right?

[girlfrmoz 1]

Rick calls me his "sweet little import".

Sweet little import...that is just gorgeous! My fiance calls me his sexy aussie girl!

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

They'd refer to me as "ferengh" - which is a white (or in the wider sense a western) person. Me, my blond hair and my cream cheese toned skin do kinda stick out like a sore thumb out there in Africa.

[StarProg 0]

No one called me American in the Philippines. They did occasionally refer to me as Joe.

[fozzie 41]

Just curious....what do the peeps in your SO's country classify you as?

Everyone in Egypt identified me as an "American". They would say where are you from and I'd say, "Boston". Then most would be lost so I'd say, " the United States".

Still.....lost look in their eyes so my husband would say, "she's Amreeekan", and then bingo ... a look of recognition.

I'd try the first few times to say, "no, not just American but United States" and then go on to explain that Canada is in America and so is Mexico, etc. Finally I gave up and I'd just answer, "i'm amreeeekan".

It's worse for people coming to USA from another country!

I am from England and I was surprised by the lack of knowledge the US has about the rest of the world. They don't even know that England is different to Great Britain and the even the United Kingdom. They don't know that we have our own flag! In Philadelphia there is an Avenue with all the flags of the world lining thee streets (well almost). As i was walking down it there was Scotland, then Wales. A bit further there was Northern Ireland. Kept walking.....United Kingdom (Union Flag). No England!!!!!! No cross of St George!!!!!!! I mustt admit I was stunned so i asked my wife why it wasn't there and she said shee didn't even realise it was different. And she is well travelled and well educated. Amazing.

[mybackpages 0]

We are referred to as American's pretty much everywhere.

Not in Latin America- American is used as anyone living in the American continient (yes 1 not 2 continents). In spanish you call a citizen of the United States - Estadounidense

[Welshcookie 17]

I was known as 'the only American in the village'

lol that was when Lil Brit was cool

hehehe....that made me lol....

[fozzie 41]

I was known as 'the only American in the village'

lol that was when Lil Brit was cool

hehehe....that made me lol....

There is a town in PA called 'little britain'.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Britai...p,_Pennsylvania

Edited January 27, 2007 by Lauren and Dave

[pedroh 21]

here.. im the 'hispanic' (according to the stereotype, im too tall to be a mexican, and I speak english.. so i hear a lot of 'ohh are you mexican? but you speak very good english'.. so they can't tell where i'm from.. cuz remember, from Mexico to Argentina, it's all 'mexicans')

or im also called pimp-daddy, playboy or playa-playa..

and in Mexico my wife is 'la guera' or the blonde...

Edited January 28, 2007 by pedroh

[sparkofcreation 0]

We are referred to as American's pretty much everywhere.

Not in Latin America- American is used as anyone living in the American continient (yes 1 not 2 continents). In spanish you call a citizen of the United States - Estadounidense

Agreed ... but it drives me batty when people say that means that Americans shouldn't call themselves Americans because that's not what the cognate in a different language means. I'd never call myself americana when speaking Spanish (although Mexicans do use it to mean someone from the US), I use estadounidense or norteamericana of course; but in English the adjective "American" means someone from the US. And the fact that the Spanish word americano means pretty much anywhere in the Western Hemisphere doesn't mean that the English word "American" should mean the same thing. It makes as much sense as saying that since the Spanish word embarazada means pregnant, English speakers should never say "I'm embarassed" unless they mean "I'm pregnant."

[pedroh 21]

We are referred to as American's pretty much everywhere.

Not in Latin America- American is used as anyone living in the American continient (yes 1 not 2 continents). In spanish you call a citizen of the United States - Estadounidense

Agreed ... but it drives me batty when people say that means that Americans shouldn't call themselves Americans because that's not what the cognate in a different language means. I'd never call myself americana when speaking Spanish (although Mexicans do use it to mean someone from the US), I use estadounidense or norteamericana of course; but in English the adjective "American" means someone from the US. And the fact that the Spanish word americano means pretty much anywhere in the Western Hemisphere doesn't mean that the English word "American" should mean the same thing. It makes as much sense as saying that since the Spanish word embarazada means pregnant, English speakers should never say "I'm embarassed" unless they mean "I'm pregnant."

true there, false cognates in one language doesn't mean they are cognates in another language.. they're relative to their lang..

and even if the proper spanish tells u that 'americano/a' is referring to a person living in the American continent.. we all know that the 'rule' is not applied to common life.. it's more used to say 'americano' than 'norteamericano' or 'estadounidense'..

Edited January 28, 2007 by pedroh

[patiently_waiting 0]

People thought I was french. They would speak to me in french and I would have no0 clue. Finally I would say, "I don't know what you are saying." Then I was left alone.

[kisschick1976 0]

I'm a Yank and everyone else are 'Bloody Colonials'

[babybunny 2]

I am a bunny ...