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Edited by Iberius Huskus:
9/10/2013 3:58:16 AM
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Is America the only country that does this?
Inside the US, we don't refer to ourselves as "American", we seem to go by whatever the hell our descent was, but outside of the US we refer to ourselves as "American".
Is America the only country that does this?
Also, on another note: To all you who are not native English speakers: When you buy a videogame, do you play it in English or your native language?
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1 ReplyIn the US, if you call yourself "American" you imply a sort of patriotism that not all want to express. If someone asks, I'll say I'm American, because anything else would be a joke. (Yeah, my ancestors were Finnish, but I mean, c'mon. I don't know a thing about Finland. The only Finnish in me is in my long blond hair and high hair line.)
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I play them in English because it sounds kinda dumb in my own language (Dutch) imo. Also Americans... I have and will always wonder why blacks want racism to be gone but refer to themselve as African-American instead of just American.
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I play it in English,I don't like them in spanish
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I play it in English.
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I sexually identify as an attack helicopter
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Edited by steg567: 1/16/2015 8:36:31 PMThis is honestly one of my pet peeves. I hate it when someone says oh im 1/8th irish so im irish and im just sitting there thinking "shut up, unless you were born outside the country or maybe both of your parents were born out side of the country then you are an American, having a great great great great great great grandfather on your mothers side who was born in Ireland dosent make you irish"
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But you can't hold a whole demographic responsible for the behavior of a few, sick twisted individuals. For if you do, then shouldn't we blame the whole ethnicity system? And if the whole ethnicity system is guilty, then isn't this an indictment of our educational institutions in general? I put it to you - isn't this an indictment of our entire American society? Well, you can do whatever you want to us, but we're not going to sit here and listen to you badmouth the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!!
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I'm a masonian
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This is so true lol Friend: hey man where you from? Me: America Friend: No i mean where were you born? Me: America Friend: Where were your parents born? Me: America Friend: Where were your grandparents born? Me: My grandfather was born in India/ Friend: lul your brown indian >punch him in face and become best friends lol
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Edited by Legend Onyx Taco: 9/14/2013 6:39:15 PMP o s t s o m e t h i n g o r i g i n a l.
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Outside my country I tell people I'm Canadian. Inside Canada I call myself a Hamiltonian (because that's what people from my city are called).
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There's no point telling people in side of America that you are American... the logic there doesn't make sense.
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4 RepliesEdited by Shadow Iz Me: 9/13/2013 11:59:56 PMAmerica isn't a country. I refer to myself as german, even though that's only a quarter of me, with 1/2 being Scottish. I do it because I like it, but to other people outside of Canada I say I'm canadian. Sometimes I say I'm german but that's because they ask more or I feel like going more into detail. On the other hand, Americans refer to themselves like that because their name makes it so they have to. "The United States of America" really leaves no alternative.
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1 ReplyEdited by Vgnut: 9/10/2013 5:09:33 AMAny state where citizenship is civic. Canada is the exact same. On the polar opposite is a country like Japan. You can't become Japanese. You can become American.
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Edited by Spinager: 9/14/2013 12:14:03 AMidk, but it do it. The reason i think is because people in America would automatically think your American. SO no point of saying, I'm American in America. Unless you dont identify yourself with your ethnicity. I say im Mexican b/c both my parents are Mexican. But in Mexico, i tell them im from the US.
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I was born in America, but since I'm a first generation American, I would barely consider myself American. Do I do American things like eat hot dogs on Independence Day, shoot fireworks, scream and shout and drink brewskis with my friends on Superbowl Sunday? Yes. But would I consider myself American? No. My family is from the Philippines, and I consider myself Filipino. I could also consider myself Chinese, Japanese, and Korean because of my family ties and blood ancestry. I have absolutely no "American" blood in my body. Besides, I feel like I'm judged less harshly if I say that I'm Filipino rather than American.
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I have the benefit of dual citizenship so in America and whichever country I go to, I'm Greek. :3
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1 ReplyI think it's mainly because 'American' rolls off the tongue easier than 'US Citizen'.
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My family hasn't really travelled far, we're English and Irish mostly, and I'm Welsh, so saying I'm British is just fine.
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My great grandparents immigrated to New Zealand from Scotland and Germany, but I consider myself to be 100% Kiwi.
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No. It's human nature to divide and categorize ourselves into the smallest groups possible. It makes us feel important.
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Edited by brandorobot: 9/10/2013 3:35:04 PMWell I don't really have a set nationality. My last name is Polish but I have some German and even Italian in my family. I guess I look more polish than anything..
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1 ReplyHmm, it's not quite the same in the UK, generally, at least in England, we'll introduce ourselves as British to people outside of the UK, but if I were to talk to a Scotsman or a Welshman, I'd call myself English. It's all situational.
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1 ReplyThe idea that a person in America is "1/8th Irish" or "1/4th Russian" is a fallacy, and people rarely do that once they are old enough to understand how illogical it is to say such things. There is justification if your parents are native to another country, or even your grandparents, but beyond that, you are an American through and through. Personally, I've only experienced others mentioning what state they are from. Are you from the south? The north? East coast, west coast, so on and so forth.
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What a dumb assumption. [quote]It would be ridiculous to present yourself with your nationality to another person in the same country.[/quote]
