Hi Hazel,
Interesting confusion. In Canada we call ourselves Canadian , and some
people go way out to make that destination. In fact , I think that is more
of a European language confusion, than in /north or south America. In
Canada we have our own set of language issues. That is for example I
address myself as Italo-Quebecoise or Italo-Canadian.
Maria
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From: "Hazel Frost" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 4:32 PM
Subject: language
> Here's a question that I hope someone out there might be able to answer...
>
> I'm trying to figure out how to differentiate between a resident of the
> USA versus a resident of "the Americas". In Spanish there are two very
> different words so it is easy. I've tried to see how it would be done by
> the media in the UK or the USA except they seem to use "American" for
> both. This might mean that the media from the UK and the USA haven't
> quite realised that there are actually a whole bunch of countries in the
> continent :) Apart from the linguistic colonialism, it just makes it very
> clumsy if I'm trying to write comparisons involving both the USA and the
> continent as a whole (which "Americans" am I talking about?) So I'm
> wondering how I would talk about it if I was Canadian? Or if anyone can
> tell me if there is a standard convention for making those kind of
> comparisons in English?
>
> Thanks very much
> Hazel
>
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