God Bless America

[greasegizzard]

America is not a continent. North America is a continent. South America is a continent. Central America is not a continent. America refers to The United States of America. We are Americans, not The United States of Americans. This concludes our geography and English less for the day.

"America" is not a country. It is a continent. 3 continents to be exact. South America, Central America and North America. Each is comprised of separate countries. When you say God bless, America, you are actually referring to the UNITED STATES of America which is a country and part of the North American continent. Boden feels you are being exclusive against the other 54 countries that comprise the American continents by just including stuff made in the United States.

This concludes our Geography lesson for today.

 

[WillieB69]

Southern isthmus of North America.

You make it sound like an appendix.

 

[WillieB69]

America is not a continent. North America is a continent. South America is a continent. Central America is not a continent. America refers to The United States of America. We are Americans, not The United States of Americans. This concludes our geography and English less for the day.

OK, so Central America not a continent. It's an appendix.
We are still United States Citizens, not just American Citizens.
America is still a continent comprised of multiple countries and does not refer exclusively to the United States.

 

[MMW]

It's like that third cousin that you only see at family reunions.

 

[WillieB69]

It's like that third cousin that you only see at family reunions.

And end up making out with behind the park bushes......

Wait...... What?

 

[wheelie]

By the title on the thread I though Hmmm wonder what Donald Trump is doing with vape? LOL

 

[greasegizzard]

I admit I was wrong. America refers to the two continents of North and South America. America is not a continent, and neither is Central America. As already stated, Central America is the southern isthmus of North America. However, like so much of the English language, words have different meanings depending on the context in which they are used.

 

[daviedog]

OK, so Central America not a continent. It's an appendix.
We are still United States Citizens, not just American Citizens.
America is still a continent comprised of multiple countries and does not refer exclusively to the United States.

We are citizens of the USA. Congressional act in 1871 created the United States, a corporation to control the District of Colombia.

 

[daviedog]

You make it sound like an appendix.

Appendix, if you may..

 

[sonicbomb]

Glad that's settled then. At least it wasn't just pointless nitpicking.

 

[Bad Ninja]

Arguing over the semantics of "America"?

It must be a slow day.

Somebody should just bash provari if you wanna get some action up in here.

 

[Boden]

Dog bless us, one and all.

 

[ilmostro99]

Interntet nitpicking. "American" is a world-wide linguistic "short-hand" for someone from the United States of America. United States of American is more than a mouthful... it sounds ridiculous. Mexican's call themselves Mexicans, Canadians call themselves Canadians. Russians, nor the Turkish, do not call themselves EuroAsians, Italians do not refer to themselves as solely Europeans. Call someone from Venezuela an American sometime and see what happens. American has become, in our modern vernacular, a term for someone from the United States of America. It does not denigrate someone from another (Continental) Amercian country.

 

[LMS62]

I think this thread may be eligible for the 2016 FPA......Forum Pettiness Award. And yes, there could be a large, shiny trophy involved.

 

[Burn_notice_fan_NY]

Interntet nitpicking. "American" is a world-wide linguistic "short-hand" for someone from the United States of America. United States of American is more than a mouthful... it sounds ridiculous. Mexican's call themselves Mexicans, Canadians call themselves Canadians. Russians, nor the Turkish, do not call themselves EuroAsians, Italians do not refer to themselves as solely Europeans. Call someone from Venezuela an American sometime and see what happens.

Ok, I'll bite.... As a Spanish teacher and a person who frequently travels within the Americas, I can state that yes... American has become shorthand for a citizen of the United States of America here in the USA and most countries outside of the Americas. However, those born in the USA are referred to as United States citizens in almost, if not all, of the countries in the Americas except the USA and quite possibly most of Canada. The Spanish speaking countries in the Americas call us estadounidenses. If you were to call yourself an americano in any one of the countries I have visited or lived in, Venezuela for a year, you would be met with a blank stare as they feel as American as you... for they too are americanos as this term to them applies to all of the citizens of all of the countries in the Americas including the often forgotten Greenland. This is why when you state the pledge, you state it to the Flag of the United States of America and not to just 'America'. Identifying yourself by this term is, for them, as bad as being that tourist with a fanny pack blocking sidewalks while taking pictures in NYC.


Now back to the topic of the original post, I like the creative use of the US dollar as an insulator. Could work in a pinch when awaiting a proper sleeve.

 

[Boden]

Interntet nitpicking. "American" is a world-wide linguistic "short-hand" for someone from the United States of America. United States of American is more than a mouthful... it sounds ridiculous. Mexican's call themselves Mexicans, Canadians call themselves Canadians. Russians, nor the Turkish, do not call themselves EuroAsians, Italians do not refer to themselves as solely Europeans. Call someone from Venezuela an American sometime and see what happens. American has become, in our modern vernacular, a term for someone from the United States of America. It does not denigrate someone from another (Continental) Amercian country.

American is too long. I just call the non natives Merkins.



( I amuse myself )

 

[Bad Ninja]

Ok, I'll bite.... As a Spanish teacher and a person who frequently travels within the Americas, I can state that yes... American has become shorthand for a citizen of the United States of America here in the USA and most countries outside of the Americas. However, those born in the USA are referred to as United States citizens in almost, if not all, of the countries in the Americas except the USA and quite possibly most of Canada. The Spanish speaking countries in the Americas call us estadounidenses. If you were to call yourself an americano in any one of the countries I have visited or lived in, Venezuela for a year, you would be met with a blank stare as they feel as American as you... for they too are americanos as this term to them applies to all of the citizens of all of the countries in the Americas including the often forgotten Greenland. This is why when you state the pledge, you state it to the Flag of the United States of America and not to just 'America'. Identifying yourself by this term is, for them, as bad as being that tourist with a fanny pack blocking sidewalks while taking pictures in NYC.


Now back to the topic of the original post, I like the creative use of the US dollar as an insulator. Could work in a pinch when awaiting a proper sleeve.

The dollar is under a clear battery wrap.

Paper is a poor choice for an insulator.
Ask anyone who owned a British car with Lucas wiring.

 

[ilmostro99]

Which is exactly why I said "in the common vernacular." Of course, they are as "American" (continentally speaking) as anybody else from the Americas. To illustrate my point, they, themselves, do not refer to themselves as "American", but as Venezuelan, Mexican, Chilean, etc. At least those from my wife's family (Mexican) do not. "American" has morphed into a colloquial term, known world wide, as someone from the United States of America...much as Q-tip has been morphed into the colloquial term for cotton swab. Non-offensive, simply linguistical short hand.
And I agree...the Dollar makes a wonderful insulator, though I would have used a $10 bill.....for 10X the insulation.

 

[crxess]

Land Barons!

Is all Dirt.............................and stuff people put on the Dirt.
Well and some water........for drinking ...........while covering the Dirt.

 

[WillieB69]

Pot stirred..... Not shaken.