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... neighbor who is of Mexican descent but born ...
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It amazes me the effort they put to sort out bloods and still appear as politically correct, for instance in Scotty McCreery's biography and his (not-truly-american?) granny. |
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The term "American" depends of the context in which it is used. If a person says "I am an American" and the person was born in the United States of America, he is just stating he is a natural of this country. If you or I say we are Americans, we are stating we belong to the continent América. That's all. It is the same problem I am alluding when I said that americans (naturals of this (USA) country) confuse race with nationality. In your case, you confuse a country with a continent. ;) |
@Alec: Although this may not necessarily be the interpretation given to the word "Mexican" in this thread, you can actually be a Mexican born in the USA. Mexican government recognizes Mexican nationality to the children of Mexican parents. (Three generations of people born in the USA can keep Mexican nationality if they have demanded it from Mexican government.)
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Italy isn't good either Alec, but at least they got rid of Il Cavaliere. In English we often say the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. From what I've seen, Argentina has a good standard of living.
I'm sure I've written something similar to this before but most natives of the USA do not refer to themselves as Americans because of Teddy Roosevelt's or Monroe's expansionist visions, but because of a lack of a good easy way of saying it any other way. There is no term United Statesians. As of yet we have little other choice. When US citizens call themselves Americans, it may sound jingoistic(although some are:() to the rest of America, but it's used mainly because of a lack of a better term. Of course in Spanish you may say estado unidense, but that sounds very clunky to me too. I use it nevertheless. |
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Not sure, but most likely your family has already been in Argentina for some generation(s), so you were born in Argentina, and your ancestors were Italian. I bet some people in Argentina, friends and others would call you "tano" (Italian) even though you were born in Argentina. Well, are you Italian or are you Argentinian? You cannot be both. Now, the people that call you "tano", are they being mean or racist in anyway? They at any moment call you "tano" in anger, are they being racists or just angry at you? :) Quote:
Estado unidense, is indeed clunky, moreover, it is wrong because Mexican could be called estado unidenses too, since there is that "Estados Unidos Mexicanos" in the name of their country. Norteamericano isn't a choice either, since Canada and Mexico co-exist with America, in America (the continent) OK, I'll lay it off now. :) |
:confused:Oops. I didn't mean to start a debate I promise. I meant nothing bad when I said I had a neighbor who is Mexican. I may have been able to word that better :duh:
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