Quick poll for the Americans among us: do you ever refer to America as "the States"? Because if you do, I need to beat you up
I think I usually only say that when specifically (or implicitly) contrasting with another country.Red Scarf wrote:"The US", eight out of ten times.
LOL.voixdinferno wrote:Simply,
"Los Gringos"
PureElegance wrote:I usually refer to it as, "The Nation of Liberty" or "the Temple of Freedom."
Yeah but you just got that one from me XD (... and I in turn cribbed it from 19th-century Manifest Destiny enthusiasts )PureElegance wrote:"the Temple of Freedom."
Amatsu wrote:People who say 'America' need a reality check.
There's two whole continents that go by America. If you say America I'll assume you mean all of south & north America.
Uh huh, sure, I can see that someone's jealous of my sayings! And please, I showed you those MD enthusiasts.flowersofnight wrote:Yeah but you just got that one from me XD (... and I in turn cribbed it from 19th-century Manifest Destiny enthusiasts )PureElegance wrote:"the Temple of Freedom."
Honestly, the people who think this way need a reality check. No one's trying to say the United States are "the only America" or some other bullshit--it's just a shortened form of our country's full name and there's nothing wrong with that. If Central and South Americans want to get in a tizzy over how we call ourselves Americans instead of United Statesians and other ridiculous BS, then more power to them because I'm never going to accept this nonsense that it's wrong to call our country "America" or its inhabitants "Americans".Amatsu wrote:I voted 'the states' but I really say 'the united states' or 'the US'
People who say 'America' need a reality check.
Pretty much this.Berserk wrote:it's just a shortened form of our country's full name and there's nothing wrong with that
Uh, WHY? I usually call anyone who doesn't speak Spanish well and is white a gringo. Not in a mean way or anything though XDCerceaux wrote:Also if someone called me a gringo irl I'd punch them in the face.
The thing about that is: America is right in the name. It's just the same as calling it "the States" "United States" "US."Amatsu wrote:People who say 'America' need a reality check
PureElegance wrote:Uh, WHY? I usually call anyone who doesn't speak Spanish well and is white a gringo. Not in a mean way or anything though XDCerceaux wrote:Also if someone called me a gringo irl I'd punch them in the face.
Hi gringo. :B
holylampposts wrote:The thing about that is: America is right in the name. It's just the same as calling it "the States" "United States" "US."Amatsu wrote:People who say 'America' need a reality check