I appreciate a good wise ass comment as much as the next person and you had me until laughing until your last word The error is due to my having both dyslexia and photographic memory Once a word even a misspelling is imprinted into brain its very difficult for me to correct that information I ve always misspelled Colombia even though Columbia is closer to the original Latinization of Columbus name the person for whom Colombia is named You re ridiculing a disabled person That s a felony in this country pal You re going to PC prison You ll hear the rythmic thudding of the jackboots of the Thought Police at your door very soon But Yanqui is going to far That word is a slur on my nationality By contrast Norteamericano is merely inaccurate when applied only to Americans since both Canada Mexico Central America are geographically part of North America But Yanqui is a hate word As offensive as greaser to a Mexican or kike to an Italian Jew or nigger to an African American or redskin is to an American Indian I am descended in part from Cherokee chiefs African American slaves as well Jews so I don t want to hear any whining my wife and daughter are of Spanish Aztec and Mayan descent so I find all of these terms derogatory as well There s no doubt it s a term of abuse Daniel What if someone labelled you a spic Whatever your nationality it would be offensive so I take serious umbrage to your using one just as vicious toward me because I am an American But since I am an American whatever foul epithets hurled at me seem to be ok with the powers that be at wikipedia