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kind of a linguistic tangent do we say american european or american british or is that taboo?

by gunian 2y ago

somanyphotons 2y ago
colonial american?
throw0101d 2y ago
"American Indian" is fairly standard nomenclature: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United...
6SixTy 2y ago
Euro American most likely would be the correct terminology, sort of whatever rolls off the tongue better. A lot of non-Hispanic white Americans are actually not British, but are instead a broad mix of European countries that varies depending on geography (e.g. Louisiana is very French). Even nailing it down to XYZ country in Europe is a bit of a stretch, as the European genepool isn't the most diverse thing in the world.
bee_rider 2y ago
Typically if you want to indicate that somebody is an immigrant in the US, you put the country of origin in the front. British-American or European-American would be ok I guess. I guess an American-British would be somebody who immigrated to GB from the US in that convention, but actually I’m not sure what convention they use over there. Anyway in this case they aren’t talking about anybody who’s immigrated at all so it is pretty much unrelated.
- Symbiote 2y ago
  The nationality of ancestors is not very relevant to most Europeans, mostly because we're the native people of the continent. People with multiple nationalities or who grew up in a different country than their nationality very often describe themselves in terms of a single nationality, often the place they spent most of their childhood. "I'm Argentinian" "Oh, was it difficult to get a visa to come here?" "Well, I have an Italian passport because of my mother." Americans describing themselves as British-American or whatever seems strange to us, since we can recognize typical British people but aren't seeing any of it in the American.
- senkora 2y ago
  I’ll add that using the hyphen is a little controversial: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyphenated_American https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyphenated_American
  - bee_rider 2y ago
    Interesting! I had no idea.

kind of a linguistic tangent do we say american european or american british or is that taboo?

by gunian 2y ago

kind of a linguistic tangent do we say american european or american british or is that taboo?

somanyphotons 2y ago

colonial american?

throw0101d 2y ago

"American Indian" is fairly standard nomenclature: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United...

6SixTy 2y ago

Euro American most likely would be the correct terminology, sort of whatever rolls off the tongue better. A lot of non-Hispanic white Americans are actually not British, but are instead a broad mix of European countries that varies depending on geography (e.g. Louisiana is very French). Even nailing it down to XYZ country in Europe is a bit of a stretch, as the European genepool isn't the most diverse thing in the world.

bee_rider 2y ago

Typically if you want to indicate that somebody is an immigrant in the US, you put the country of origin in the front. British-American or European-American would be ok I guess. I guess an American-British would be somebody who immigrated to GB from the US in that convention, but actually I’m not sure what convention they use over there. Anyway in this case they aren’t talking about anybody who’s immigrated at all so it is pretty much unrelated.

Symbiote 2y ago
The nationality of ancestors is not very relevant to most Europeans, mostly because we're the native people of the continent. People with multiple nationalities or who grew up in a different country than their nationality very often describe themselves in terms of a single nationality, often the place they spent most of their childhood. "I'm Argentinian" "Oh, was it difficult to get a visa to come here?" "Well, I have an Italian passport because of my mother." Americans describing themselves as British-American or whatever seems strange to us, since we can recognize typical British people but aren't seeing any of it in the American.
senkora 2y ago
I’ll add that using the hyphen is a little controversial: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyphenated_American https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyphenated_American
- bee_rider 2y ago
  Interesting! I had no idea.