I already asked around for my compatriots, now i'd like to have a more accurate statistic. Please note: I KNOW there's no relationship between size and nationality.
Originally posted by ItalianBoy@May 28 2005, 11:58 AM
I already asked around for my compatriots, now i'd like to have a more accurate statistic. Please note: I KNOW there's no relationship between size and nationality.
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Originally posted by ChimeraTX+May 28 2005, 11:19 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(ChimeraTX @ May 28 2005, 11:19 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-Sam1070@May 28 2005, 02:15 PM
I am from the USA, but I dislike seeing the term America used synonymously with USA. All the other nations in the Western Hemisphere (N. S. C. America) are Americans, too. I know how cumbersome the term is, however. So, I tend to say that I am from the United States.
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well actually, the word's literal meaning is "place of birth" - the definition was originally coined by the romans to streamline their taxation and census systems. various cultures throughout history have put an ethnic spin on the term for political reasons, but for the most part ethnicity and nationality have always been recognized as two quite different things. later on, nationality became synonymous with citizenship, which is the situation we have now.Originally posted by ChimeraTX@May 28 2005, 06:58 PM
Technically a nation is an ethnic group, but in modern terms it is more synonymous with "country of origin."
I do. the only ethnic group which could claim the name "ethnic american" with technical accuracy would be the native americans.I don't consider "American" an ethnic group
america is a country. the united states of america is a nation.I don't believe it's a "nation," although it may be a country.