http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=945 A Blog about Words and Language(s) from alphaDictionary.com Tue, 16 Apr 2013 09:00:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.6 http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=945&cpage=1#comment-471547 RobinGoodfellow Sat, 26 Jan 2013 05:14:27 +0000 http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=945#comment-471547 I think we say "Americans" because we live in the United States of America. What else are you going to say? United Statesians? US? Actually, I guess that works! I think we say “Americans” because we live in the United States of America. What else are you going to say? United Statesians? US? Actually, I guess that works!

]]> http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=945&cpage=1#comment-338366 Chris Ball Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:16:50 +0000 http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=945#comment-338366 We could always settle on the phrase unintentionally coined in 2007 by a flustered Miss Teen U.S.A. contestant: "U.S. Americans". It's accurate and unambiguous, but for some reason I doubt it will catch on. We could always settle on the phrase unintentionally coined in 2007 by a flustered Miss Teen U.S.A. contestant: “U.S. Americans”. It’s accurate and unambiguous, but for some reason I doubt it will catch on.

]]> http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=945&cpage=1#comment-333940 Judy Herman Thu, 28 Jul 2011 03:04:08 +0000 http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=945#comment-333940 In Spanish a citizen of the United States is called "estadounidense," (from "Estados Unidos," 'United States.') The term is more formal and polite than "gringo," which, I suspect may be applied equally to Canadians. A commenter on http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=2051399 cites the use of "estadounidense" in 1928. In Spanish a citizen of the United States is called “estadounidense,” (from “Estados Unidos,” ‘United States.’) The term is more formal and polite than “gringo,” which, I suspect may be applied equally to Canadians. A commenter on http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=2051399 cites the use of “estadounidense” in 1928.

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