TigerXtrm
Death by Indecency
+51|6339|Netherlands

Well, this should be interesting. Many different opinions on this one but only one correct answer. Anyone guessing it right gets karma.

Tiger
Kmar
Truth is my Bitch
+5,695|6571|132 and Bush

North American, South American, American of the Central persuasion? Elaborate on what we will be flaming about please.
Xbone Stormsurgezz
Liberal-Sl@yer
Certified BF2S Asshole
+131|6426|The edge of sanity
one whom resides on either of the american contienets both north and south
Bertster7
Confused Pothead
+1,101|6552|SE London

A steam train?
Fen321
Member
+54|6468|Singularity
An American is a fictitious concept made by western imperialist....do i get a cookie?
Mason4Assassin444
retired
+552|6633|USA
American
Origin: 1776

When our representatives in General Congress, Assembled, on July 4, 1776, declared "That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be, Free and Independent States," the question immediately arose: What do you call the citizens of the newly named United States of America? Our answer was to shorten that mouthful to its last word and add n, a choice that has vexed our neighbors in Canada and Mexico ever since.

For are not they too Americans? But consider the alternatives. We could be called United Statesians, as Canadian and English writers have suggested. Our own citizens have proposed Usonians, Usans, Usarians, Ustatians, Unisians, Unitans, Fredonians, and Columbians. Columbia, in fact, was a serious possibility for the name of our country; it was already in use in 1775 by the poet Phyllis Wheatley, and it has been a favorite of poetic patriots ever since, as in the song "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean." That name was taken so seriously that our nation's capital is located in the District of Columbia. But to this day nobody has improved on the flatly descriptive United States of America, and so its people have remained Americans.

The name America had been current ever since a German cartographer, Martin Waldseemüller, named the continent after explorer and navigator Amerigo Vespucci in 1507. Colonists from England, a century later, at first reserved the designation Americans for the original native inhabitants. Soon, however, the descendants of English settlers felt native enough to call themselves Americans, thereby to distinguish themselves from English visitors or immigrants. By 1700, writers on both sides of the Atlantic were discussing what it means to be an American--referring this time to the descendants of those who came from Europe. It remained for the Declaration of Independence to change all Americans from colonists of England to citizens of their own country.

courtesy of answers.com
delta4bravo*nl*
Dutch Delight
+68|6723
They come in many sizes, some small most very large...
They like fast food and the drive thru.
They make bad cars and the houses cant stand shit.
Some have some brain cells that work but most have only 2 brain cells that are fighting with each other.

that about sums it up.
Kmar
Truth is my Bitch
+5,695|6571|132 and Bush

Someone once told me, "Do you know what the difference between an American and a European is? The American doesn't care if you are European." Much is left for interpretation there.
Xbone Stormsurgezz
usmarine2007
Banned
+374|6338|Columbus, Ohio
https://media.movieweb.com/news/05.2005/rambo.jpg
usmarine2007
Banned
+374|6338|Columbus, Ohio

delta4bravo*nl* wrote:

They come in many sizes, some small most very large...
They like fast food and the drive thru.
They make bad cars and the houses cant stand shit.
Some have some brain cells that work but most have only 2 brain cells that are fighting with each other.

that about sums it up.
lawl.  Where are you from?
weamo8
Member
+50|6413|USA

delta4bravo*nl* wrote:

They come in many sizes, some small most very large...
They like fast food and the drive thru.
They make bad cars and the houses cant stand shit.
Some have some brain cells that work but most have only 2 brain cells that are fighting with each other.

that about sums it up.
They are the reason the Dutch don't speak German.
Bertster7
Confused Pothead
+1,101|6552|SE London

usmarine2007 wrote:

delta4bravo*nl* wrote:

They come in many sizes, some small most very large...
They like fast food and the drive thru.
They make bad cars and the houses cant stand shit.
Some have some brain cells that work but most have only 2 brain cells that are fighting with each other.

that about sums it up.
lawl.  Where are you from?
I'm guessing the Netherlands. Since his forum title says he's Dutch and his username has NL in it.
deeznutz1245
Connecticut: our chimps are stealin yo' faces.
+483|6463|Connecticut

usmarine2007 wrote:

delta4bravo*nl* wrote:

They come in many sizes, some small most very large...
They like fast food and the drive thru.
They make bad cars and the houses cant stand shit.
Some have some brain cells that work but most have only 2 brain cells that are fighting with each other.

that about sums it up.
lawl.  Where are you from?
Providencetown, Cape Cod, Mass.
If you are unfamiliar with "P" town, google it and never go there. Ever.
Malloy must go
usmarine2007
Banned
+374|6338|Columbus, Ohio

Bertster7 wrote:

I'm guessing the Netherlands. Since his forum title says he's Dutch and his username has NL in it.
rofl.  Damn......

/slaps my face
Bertster7
Confused Pothead
+1,101|6552|SE London

usmarine2007 wrote:

Bertster7 wrote:

I'm guessing the Netherlands. Since his forum title says he's Dutch and his username has NL in it.
rofl.  Damn......

/slaps my face
jonsimon
Member
+224|6466
Anyone born in the Americas, living in the Americas, or having ancestors that were born in or lived in the Americas.
Bertster7
Confused Pothead
+1,101|6552|SE London

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/36/American.jpg
An American.
Mr.Dude2
Member
+13|6294| Bay Area Calif. USA
What a dumb  question...go get laid or something ...are you that bored????
The Stillhouse Kid
Licensed Televulcanologist
+126|6612|Deep In The South Of Texas
https://img134.imageshack.us/img134/4060/realamericannv8.gif
Real American

I would make sense that American would mean a citizen of the USA, seeing as no other country has America in it's name.
Commie Killer
Member
+192|6357
We reside on the earth(not only North American because we have states/territory's all over world). We have the most powerful economy on Earth. We have the most powerful Military on Earth. Our currency is accepted virturally everywhere. We formed a society from the bare bones, we kicked one of the most powerful empires in human history off of our land, twice.


Ok, Im done, I could keep going but then Ill just get flamed more.
liquix
Member
+51|6424|Peoples Republic of Portland
someone born in the americas
unnamednewbie13
Moderator
+2,053|6742|PNW

An American by common use is a resident of the United States. Others are, for example, Mexican or Brazillian. If the continent of Asia was called China, would everyone who lived there (but outside the Chinese nation) call themselves Chinese? Sure, there are people who call themselves Asian, European and African by continent, but there are no countries called Asia, Europe or Africa. That's why you don't see Canadians introducing themselves as Americans.

There's been movements to change what we (Americans) call ourselves, but I don't think anyone cares enough to go through with it. All the suggestions are awkward, and would never stick quite the same.

Commie Killer wrote:

We formed a society from the bare bones...
No. We had help from the examples of predecessors.

Last edited by unnamednewbie13 (2007-02-28 18:04:29)

Commie Killer
Member
+192|6357

unnamednewbie13 wrote:

An American by common use is a resident of the United States. Others are, for example, Mexican or Brazillian. If the continent of Asia was called China, would everyone who lived there (but outside the Chinese nation) call themselves Chinese? Sure, there are people who call themselves Asian, European and African by continent, but there are no countries called Asia, Europe or Africa. That's why you don't see Canadians introducing themselves as Americans.

There's been movements to change what we (Americans) call ourselves, but I don't think anyone cares enough to go through with it. All the suggestions are awkward, and would never stick quite the same.

Commie Killer wrote:

We formed a society from the bare bones...
No. We had help from the examples of predecessors.
Yes, but what I mean is we hacked out a society from a "new world", fought for our right to freedom, and continued to grow and become the most powerful nation in the world.
maffiaw
ph33r me 傻逼
+40|6391|Melbourne, AUS
junk food, tv, booze, lazing around, guns, sex, gambling, porn, shootings, drugs

oh i forgot democracy, "free world"
usmarine2007
Banned
+374|6338|Columbus, Ohio

maffiaw wrote:

junk food, tv, booze, lazing around, guns, sex, gambling, porn, shootings, drugs

oh i forgot democracy, "free world"
lazing around? 

So, produce any good airplanes lately?  How is your space exploration going?

Last edited by usmarine2007 (2007-02-28 18:26:22)

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