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Discussion: The United States Thread
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Texas is boring idk it's not that fun here imo.
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A lot of great singers come from Texas !!!!
And we're currently studying it in AP Us History 
Btw, I represent Hawaii!
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How do you guys feel when continent americans (people from the american continent but not the United States) try to claim the name of "american"? As in calling themselves americans.
I mean, in South America, we see America as one continent (At least where I live), with the 3 sub-divisions as that: sub-divisions of a continent (North America, Central America and South America). Pretty much like Western Europe and Eastern Europe. We see America as one, we don't make the North America/South America division when naming sole continents. In american spanish the term used for US Americans is:
"Estadounidense" which translates to "united-staten" or "unitedstaten" (something like that).
Of course, people do call you guys "americanos" since, geographically speaking, we use the nationality more than calling a person by the continent they live in, but you get the point, right? This controversy is a little tricky since, if I recall well, the America name was penned for the discoveries in Central America. It's not like it's a competition for the "name", however, since the United States is such big and influential country in the world, it feels like when saying you are american it automatically means you are from the United States but for example a peruvian, brazilian, argentinian, cuban or mexican person can say in other parts of the world "I'm american" as an european person can say the same thing or asian and it would be legitimate, however, as an "American" (continent) you do have to specify you're not from the United States, so:
How do you feel about that situation? It's not like it's such a big deal since people are more prone to say the country they're from than the continent but you get the point, right?
By the way, I love the US and 'Party in the U.S.A.' is one of my favorite pop songs.
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Originally posted by Mastamaind
How do you guys feel when continent americans (people from the american continent but not the United States) try to claim the name of "american"? As in calling themselves americans.
I mean, in South America, we see America as one continent (At least where I live), with the 3 sub-divisions as that: sub-divisions of a continent (North America, Central America and South America). Pretty much like Western Europe or Eastern Europe. We see America as one, we don't make the North America/South America division when naming sole continents. In american spanish the term used for US Americans is:
"Estadounidense" which translates to "united-staten" or "unitedstaten" (something like that).
Of course, people do call you guys "americanos" since, geographically speaking, we use the nationality more than calling a person by the continent they live in, but you get the point, right? This controversy is a little tricky since, if I recall well, the America name was penned for the discoveries in Central America. It's not like it's a competition for the "name", however, since the United States is such big and influential country in the world, it feels like when saying you are american it automatically means you are from the United States but for example a peruvian, brazilian, argentinian, cuban or mexican person can say in other parts of the world "I'm american" as an european person can say the same thing or asian and it would be legitimate, however, as an "American" (continent) you do have to specify you're not from the United States, so:
How do you feel about that situation? It's not like it's such a big deal since people are more prone to say the country they're from than the continent but you get the point, right?
By the way, I love the US and 'Party in the U.S.A.' is one of my favorite pop songs.
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I find the issue really funny and never encountered it, unless when I'm online (and I know many Spanish speaking people). Many Americans are taught the standard seven continents, so if they knew that many Spanish speakers say that they'll try to say otherwise. I know I did, and its a funny issue because it's simply a language thing. Personally I don't care anymore, because really, like you said, no one names themselves after the continent from which they're born. The only people who will have an issue are ignorant patriots, but no one cares about them.
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I heard Texas got cheap real estate.
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Dry heat >>>>>>>> humidity and heat.  |
Chicago is so humid in the summer, I'm totally used to it. Dry heat is unbearable for me.
Also can I be added to the Wisconsin list? My entire family lives in Milwaukee and it's like my second home. 
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Originally posted by Mastamaind
How do you guys feel when continent americans (people from the american continent but not the United States) try to claim the name of "american"? As in calling themselves americans.
I mean, in South America, we see America as one continent (At least where I live), with the 3 sub-divisions as that: sub-divisions of a continent (North America, Central America and South America). Pretty much like Western Europe and Eastern Europe. We see America as one, we don't make the North America/South America division when naming sole continents. In american spanish the term used for US Americans is:
"Estadounidense" which translates to "united-staten" or "unitedstaten" (something like that).
Of course, people do call you guys "americanos" since, geographically speaking, we use the nationality more than calling a person by the continent they live in, but you get the point, right? This controversy is a little tricky since, if I recall well, the America name was penned for the discoveries in Central America. It's not like it's a competition for the "name", however, since the United States is such big and influential country in the world, it feels like when saying you are american it automatically means you are from the United States but for example a peruvian, brazilian, argentinian, cuban or mexican person can say in other parts of the world "I'm american" as an european person can say the same thing or asian and it would be legitimate, however, as an "American" (continent) you do have to specify you're not from the United States, so:
How do you feel about that situation? It's not like it's such a big deal since people are more prone to say the country they're from than the continent but you get the point, right?
By the way, I love the US and 'Party in the U.S.A.' is one of my favorite pop songs.
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Yeah, it's a tricky situation. I just feel like it's unfair to get mad at us for calling ourselves what we are, American. I mean, I don't get how that's so weird considering it's just our countries name shortened.
For example, Australia's official name is Commonwealth of Austarlia, but we just call it Australia. Same with China. The official name is The People's Republic of China, but we just call it China.
There is only one country with the name America in it. I can see how language can be an issue though. It's just weird to me that many South Americans truly get upset about it.
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Originally posted by Mastamaind
How do you guys feel when continent americans (people from the american continent but not the United States) try to claim the name of "american"? As in calling themselves americans.
I mean, in South America, we see America as one continent (At least where I live), with the 3 sub-divisions as that: sub-divisions of a continent (North America, Central America and South America). Pretty much like Western Europe and Eastern Europe. We see America as one, we don't make the North America/South America division when naming sole continents. In american spanish the term used for US Americans is:
"Estadounidense" which translates to "united-staten" or "unitedstaten" (something like that).
Of course, people do call you guys "americanos" since, geographically speaking, we use the nationality more than calling a person by the continent they live in, but you get the point, right? This controversy is a little tricky since, if I recall well, the America name was penned for the discoveries in Central America. It's not like it's a competition for the "name", however, since the United States is such big and influential country in the world, it feels like when saying you are american it automatically means you are from the United States but for example a peruvian, brazilian, argentinian, cuban or mexican person can say in other parts of the world "I'm american" as an european person can say the same thing or asian and it would be legitimate, however, as an "American" (continent) you do have to specify you're not from the United States, so:
How do you feel about that situation? It's not like it's such a big deal since people are more prone to say the country they're from than the continent but you get the point, right?
By the way, I love the US and 'Party in the U.S.A.' is one of my favorite pop songs.
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I've never come across this issue before. I see no reason to get upset over trivial things like what name people use to describe where they are from.
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I remember about to drive through Texas and watching the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. We did not stop!
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Originally posted by Save-Me-Nialler
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No. 
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Originally posted by RobynYoBank
America's Coolest Cities
19. Austin, TX
13. Fort Worth, TX
11. San Antonio, TX
4. Dallas, TX
1. Houston, TX
America's Next Great Global City
Houston, TX
Most Immune to Recession
2. Dallas, TX
1. Houston, TX
The Best Cities For Manufacturing Jobs
1. Houston, TX
The Best Cities For Software Jobs
2. Austin, TX
1. Houston, TX
Best Places to Live
1. Houston, TX
Cities with the Best Cuisine
2. Houston, TX
All within the last 12-15 months.
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Doesn't Texas also have the most fattest cities as well? 
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Add me to New York btw 
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I met a lot of cool people from Texas on twitter so there's that.
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The subject will change to CALIFORNIA in a little bit. Talk about Texas while you can!
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Spent a week there in third grade. It was nice from what I remember.
I've met a handful of really nice people from there online.
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Originally posted by Chrome
I heard Texas got cheap real estate.
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Yep. Texas is the best place to buy an affordable home 
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Anyone who still wants to talk about Texas, feel free! We're going to move on to the next state in a sec!
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I went San Diego 8 years ago, it was so lovely. After college I'm probs going to move somewhere in that area. 
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With a population of 38 million people, California is the largest US state. That's 5 million more people than the entire country of Canada!
Los Angeles
San Francisco
San Diego
Sacramento
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Mt. Whitney (Highest point in California and the lower 48!)
Yosemite Falls(Tallest Waterfall in the USA!)
Pacific Coast Highway
Disneyland
Went to Los Angeles once a few years ago. I loved it!
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