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    US-Amerikaner 2

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    US-Amerikaner 2

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    I’ve still got something to say, but the discussion is closed, so I decided to open this topic. References:

    related discussion: US-Amerikaner

    Wikipedia: American (word)

    Carly (AE)
    Why do you put in terms of Geography? I don’t care about the new conventions of some scientists (paid by who knows) when I name myself, do you? You’ve entirely missed the point: History is what matters. We’re not talking about a piece of earth, but about identity of people! Please, it definitely doesn’t work that way!

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    The 7-continent model is taught in China People's Republic of China

    -The are the world greatest population, so they must be right. Long life to democracy!

    English is a widely distributed language that originated in England but is now the primary language ...

    -Conclusion: English rules!

    Latin America is the region of the Americas where Romance language s those derived from Latin ...

    -And Napoleon III was who introduced the term.

    Mikado, If way back when, they had decided on calling themselves the United States of North America + Americans, they really would have laid claim to an entire continent :-)) That's probably what held them back :-)

    -Isn’t it true? (see no. 211)

    Juan Pablo Vizcardo y Guzmán (Perú), “Carta dirigida a los españoles americanos” (1791)

    Other reference.

    Samuel Mitchill: Names for Americans (1803)
    Authoramericano de América10 Sep 08, 14:39
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    americano - Am at work, had googled something with "naming the continents" + history and that is the link that popped up - didn't read the whole article, but found the various 4, 5, 6, 7 fractions interesting, which explains why I posted the link.
    #1Author Carly-AE (237428) 10 Sep 08, 15:16
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    I am glad that other discussion is closed. Why on earth would you make another thread on the same topic?
    You can argue until you are blue in the face and still not change a single opinion!

    #2Author miamibremen (279037) 10 Sep 08, 15:29
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    Carly
    Ok

    miamibremen
    So why did you post? If you don't believe in the power of reason, take your gun and shot as the first!

    By the way, I found the full version of the "Letter to American Spaniards".
    #3Authoramericano de América10 Sep 08, 15:35
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    #2 Why on earth would you make another thread on the same topic? I think that question was answered in americano de América's first post in the FIRST sentence. o0. Why don't you just ignore the whole thread if you don't like the subject?
    #4AuthordamnNotgiven10 Sep 08, 16:04
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    I hate to be a spoilsport guys, but I think everything has been said and we'd just be going round in circles for another 300 follow-ups. Cheerio.
    #5Author Doris (LEO-Team) (33) 10 Sep 08, 16:12
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    Hallo Doris, "going round in circles for another 300 follow-ups" - aber doch auf immer höherem Niveau, sodass eine Spirale des Fortschritts draus wird ;-)

    So wurde m.W. noch nicht, jedenfalls nicht ausführlich genug, diskutiert, dass es ein Deutscher war, der deutsche (!!!) Kartograph Martin Waldseemüller, der den Kontinent nach dem Italiener Alberigo (Alberich) Vespucci benannte. Dieser hatte weite Teile des Südamerikanischen Kontinents kartographiert und als Erster bemerkt, dass es sich bei der Entdeckung von Kolumbus um einen Kontinent handelt und nicht um vorgelagerte Inseln auf dem westlichen Weg nach Indien, China und Japan.

    Das sagt jetzt vielleicht nichts über das Selbstverständnis der Amerikaner aus, aber doch über das Geschichtsbewusstsein der Deutschen, die endlich versuchen, Waldseemüllers Schlamperei wieder gutzumachen ;-))

    ...ehemmm: ;-))


    #6Author manni3 (305129) 10 Sep 08, 16:39
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