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The author is American, and no Icelanders were mentioned.
by mkl 1y ago
The author is American, and no Icelanders were mentioned.
- worik 1y ago> The author is American I assume you mean USAian. Fits my prejudices, which is unfortunate An arrogant prick, anyway
- hollerith 1y agoWe're not going to start using your awkward new word. There's nothing wrong or ambiguous about "American".
- rendall 1y ago> I assume you mean USAian. In English, the word American refers to someone from the United States, and almost all of the languages of the world use some equivalent term: amerikkalainen, Amerikaner, Américain, americano, американец, アメリカ人, أمريكي When speaking South American-inflected Spanish, you might use the word estadounidense and not americano USAian is not a word that anyone uses. I don't make the rules.
- worik 1y ago> n English, the word American refers to someone from the United States, No. It refers to Mexacins, Canadians, Columbians.... The problem with USA expetionalism made clear.
- rendall 1y agoWhen English speakers speak English, American refers to people from the USA. Spanish speakers from South America are the only ones who complain about this, but they are free to use whatever terms they would like, when speaking Spanish. If it makes you feel better, you can tell yourself that American is just a short way of saying United States of American, if you want.