Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: aggettivo "american"

Salve a tutti.
Scusate il disturbo, ma per dire "statunitense", nel senso di cittadino
degli U.S.A., l'aggettivo da usare è "american"?
Grazie.

degli U.S.A., l'aggettivo da usare è "american"?
yes.  Capitalized.
bye
arianna

 Grazie.   No. č "united states"

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Ti ringrazio, però mi sembra strano. Perchè si dice "american" per un
abitante degli U.S.A.? Mi sembra un po', come dire, egocentrico. Non
metto in dubbio che un abitante degli U.S.A. sia anche americano, però
non mi sembra giusto porre un'eguaglianza "U.S.A. = america"!
Boh... :-/

 abitante degli U.S.A.?
Non č insolito nelle lingue che qualche espressione particulare diventa comune.
Per esempio, la gente britannica chiama gli statunitense "Yanks" ma soltanto le
persone che abitano nel nord-est (Massachussetts e piů al nord) degi Stati Uniti
sono veramente "Yankees." E, alla gente che abita nel sud, č uno sbaglio
assurdo.
Ciao,
Ron
USA


What do you call them? Gringos? Rednecks?
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 What do you call them? Gringos? Rednecks?
Se avessero lupare, li chaimerei "Signori."
Ciao,
Ron
USA

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Never mind the lupare; I was asking if there is any official nickname
(good or bad) for the people that live in the south U.S.
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 (good or bad) for the people that live in the south U.S.
It depends on where they live in the South. Most of the nicknames are regional
and carry other connotations. In general, people say "Southerners." There are
some distinct cultural differences between the North and South and many
Southerners resent the intrusion of Northerners who move into their midst, even
though that migration is often accompanied by money and jobs. In general the
prejudices are that some Southerners think of Northerners as rude and always in
a hurry while some Northerners think of Southerners as stupid and lazy. These
animosities run back to the Civil War which some Southerners still refer to as
the War of Northern Aggression. The term "Yankee" was generalized by Southerners
to mean all people on the federal side of the war even though the term was
specific to New Englanders. The Federalists called people of the Confederacy (of
Southern states) "Rebels." Another distinction was Blue (North) and Gray (South)
identifying the respective colors of their uniforms.
Ciao,
Ron
USA

a hurry while some Northerners think of Southerners as stupid and lazy. 
Interesting; you can find pretty much the same points of view between 
northern Italy and south Italy...
Thanks for your illuminating answer (as usual)!
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abitante degli U.S.A.?
Peerche' gli Stati Uniti  e'  l'unica nazione nel continente americano che ha
come parte del nome ufficiale la parola "America".  Il nome ufficiale e' United
States of America.  Non c'e' altra nazione il cui nome contenga "America".  
Canada = Canadian
Venezuela = Venezuelan
Mexico = Mexican
United States of America = American
etc.....
ciao
arianna

 USA
And Down Under all citizens of the US of A are referred to as Yanks,
although it doesn't seem as common a term  these days. :-) And very
large American styled cars were called "yank tanks" Not so many of
them around either, with petrol at $1.15 a litre and going up and
down like a yo-yo at the moment.
Cheers,
Loki
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 come parte del nome ufficiale la parola "America".
Non ci avevo mai pensato, eppure è così ovvio...
Grazie, Ari!
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Anna

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