[Glice]

Originally Posted by acousticrock87

They are? You mean North American?

And what exactly is the U.K.? Is it a country or a federation or what?

I'm potentially wrong, but I think 'United Kingdom' refers to the landmass (I'm never to sure if this include EIRE), whereas 'Britain' refers to the politically unified countries of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. I really should be able to say with more confidence, but it's a black spot.

[LifeDistortion]

Another question, Do you think Mighty Mouse can beat up Superman?

[acousticrock87]

Hm. It's just one of those questions I randomly think of and can never find a good answer. That's about as good an explanation as I can gather, though.

EDIT: The U.K. thing, not Mighty Mouse. But no. Mighty Mouse is fictional.

[SpectralJulianIsNotDead]

Asking if Robin Hood was real is the same as asking if King Arthur was real, or if Beowulf was real. You could answer yes and no to a lot of these things, legend and myth are very often fact based.

[Savage Clone]

Originally Posted by acousticrock87

EDIT: The U.K. thing, not Mighty Mouse. But no. Mighty Mouse is fictional.

Yes, and that is why he can't beat up Superman. Because we all know Superman is real.

[jon boy]

i was speaking to a man in san francisco not so long ago and he thought that my home town was a country. thats how dense some people can be.

[acousticrock87]

Superman isn't real. Silly kids.

[jheii]

I think that yr teacher knows that nobody knows for sure whether there was a Robin Hood, and want you to put that down.

[Savage Clone]

And Americans are Americans. You said yourself Mexicans are from Mexico, and are not called "Americans." The country we are from is The United States Of America, thus we are Americans. Canadians are from Canada.
I don't really see what the confusion is here. We are talking country of origin, not continent of origin. Yeesh.

[jheii]

Originally Posted by Glice

I'm potentially wrong, but I think 'United Kingdom' refers to the landmass (I'm never to sure if this include EIRE), whereas 'Britain' refers to the politically unified countries of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. I really should be able to say with more confidence, but it's a black spot.

You've got it the wrong way around. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is just that. Britain is the name for the island that houses England, Scotland, and Wales.

[nomadicfollower]

Yes, of course he was, you never saw the movie?


(you can't rely on other people to do your work)

[trance feeeedback]

Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

Robin Hood is more real than Jesus

Jesus was a real person, there are actual records of his exsistence (besides the Bible) and no, Robin Hood was not real but his legend was obliviously based off of a real person. Jeez........

[Laila]

i can't believe people spend their whole lives trying to figure out questions like these which everyone knows are never going to be answered.

[Savage Clone]

Originally Posted by Laila

i can't believe people spend their whole lives trying to figure out questions like these which everyone knows are never going to be answered.

Like what happens after we die and how was the world created, that sort of thing?

[Savage Clone]

Originally Posted by Sn@ke

Well, everybody refers people who were born in the U.S.A as "americans":

"oh yeah, those americans.", "kill the americans", "americans are fat", "americans americans americans", "I want to live in america", "I LOVE america", "god bless america, "I fucking hate those americans", etc,etc,etc.

So it's kinda weird...,



yeah, but British are born in the U.K, someone from England is british, someone from Scotland is british too. The "americans" thing is weird because it refers a country not a continet, but it should be the continent America and people who live there, not only one country.


I think they have this problem because of the country name they have: United States of America, so what should we call them? "Unted standese americanese" people?, naa... we better call them just "americans".

If that is your criteria, why bother with any national distinctions? All people from Europe are Europeans. Hell, we might as well go for the big Kahuna and call everybody on earth Americans and Eurasians.

Oh, and people from Scotland are Scottish.

Edit:
I guess we would still have Australians, New Zealanders and Polynesians...

[acousticrock87]

Americans are people who are born in America, or who apply for and receive official citizenship. Sometimes a non-citizen who lives here might refer to themselves as an American because they've been here a while and they're proud of it, but no one else is considered American.

[Savage Clone]

I was saying that in a facetious way.
You CAN say European, but you can also say "Danish," "Czech," "Dutch," etc.
You can say "American," "Canadian," "Peruvian," "Brazilian," or you can say "North American/South American."

When referring to someone's origin, it is usually the country and not the continent. There are many countries on most continents. I honestly do not see what the big confusion is.

The CONTINENTS are called North America and South America, not "America."

[acousticrock87]

I see what you're saying, but no one considers people from North and South America to be just Americans. They're North and South Americans.

[Savage Clone]

acousticrock87, you are so getting repped for that.

Plain language and real nomenclature win again!

[jheii]

I think this is getting a bit silly. Since the continent is called North America, then you'd need to be specific and refer to Canadians and Mexicans as North Americans, to distinguish them from South Americans.