My problem is with the English not with the spanish, as in this
instance the spanish is more accurate than the English. In Spanish a
resident of the USA is an estadounidense, and a resident of the
Americas is an americano (with optional prefixes according to which bit
of the Americas). However in English, a resident of the Americas is an
American (with optional prefixes) while a resident of the USA is guess
what... another American. I'm guessing the best way around it is to
refer to a US resident as a "US resident" until such time as this
linguistic colonialism becomes resolved, which probably won't happen in
my life-time! Simon's point is also well made about "England" being
used to mean the whole of the UK, and it's not just the USA media that
do that, plenty of English people are guilty too, as my father
(Scottish) never tires of pointing out.
Thanks to everyone for your responses.
Hazel
On 30 Jul 2008, at 12:51, Lisa Greenman wrote:
> Hello: I don't know if anyone else has had this reply, but I
> have often seen people living in the U.S. called "Estadounidense", and
> those in Canada "Canadense". This, of course, depends on which
> Spanish you have learned (I have heard this more when I was living in
> Central America than Mexico). Hope this helps, Lisa G
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