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Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#97401: Jul 29th 2015 at 4:54:23 PM

Why don't we call the nation Columbia?

Oh, wait, that name's already taken. Dammit, I want my Motorized Patriot!

I guess if we were to rename it, we could call it "The Federation Of Pilgrim colonies" FOP. We're all FO Ps.

Leviticus 19:34
Achaemenid HGW XX/7 from Ruschestraße 103, Haus 1 Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: Giving love a bad name
HGW XX/7
#97402: Jul 29th 2015 at 4:55:35 PM

Why does anyone care? Countries and cities are named after the most banal stuff anyway. Captain Cook found a virgin continent teeming with bizarre and deadly flora and fauna and named it after Wales. The Aleut couldn't find a more imaginative name for their homeland than "object to which the action of the sea is directed".

edited 29th Jul '15 4:57:34 PM by Achaemenid

Schild und Schwert der Partei
Balmung Since: Oct, 2011
#97403: Jul 29th 2015 at 4:56:57 PM

[up][up]Only sort of. There's Colombia and the province of British Columbia.

TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#97404: Jul 29th 2015 at 4:57:28 PM

@last page: Technicalities! Tectonic plaques aren't relevant to landmass naming. Even in dancing, Waacking does the same things better. Sorry, Tonics, but nobody loves you.

[up]Then we have it! Congratulations, Columbians! And Britcols had better start distinguishing themselves by affecting a PR accent. I mean an RP. Is RP PR or does it have too many classist connotations?

edited 29th Jul '15 5:00:51 PM by TheHandle

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Balmung Since: Oct, 2011
#97405: Jul 29th 2015 at 5:00:22 PM

[up]If anything, it's the other way around - we name the plates after the stuff on top of them that we had already named.

Also, if you need an English-language demonym for people from the USA that is more specific, Wikipedia claims that specifying "US-American" is acceptable practice.

edited 29th Jul '15 5:02:48 PM by Balmung

Skycobra51 A suitable case for treatment from The US of A Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Only knew I loved her when I let her go
A suitable case for treatment
#97406: Jul 29th 2015 at 5:02:20 PM

[up][up][up][up]Which I'm gonna guess Wales had none of at that time. I suppose getting bitten by a welsh sheep beats a Kola tearing your face off.tongue

[down]grin

edited 29th Jul '15 5:08:59 PM by Skycobra51

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TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#97407: Jul 29th 2015 at 5:03:56 PM

[up][up]Works for me. Sounds nice, too. In Spanish that would be Euamericano. Wey! Che! Qué gracioso suena eso!

I'm saying it sounds gracious. You know, elegant. Smooth.

[lol]

[up] I ship NewWalezaland.

Well, that ship would mostly carry wool, wouldn't it?

edited 29th Jul '15 5:06:00 PM by TheHandle

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Cid El Cid Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: Hiding
El Cid
#97408: Jul 29th 2015 at 5:05:08 PM

[up][up][up]I think that's just being pedantic.

When you're speaking in Spanish, you say estadounidense (if you're feeling like being polite). And that's only because that's the correct term.

In any other language (I think), American is fine and not wrong.

I mean, it's not like we ever need to lump all the people from the continent(s) together for anything, like we do with Europe and their union, or Africa because having 54 countries means nothing to our uneducated minds.

edited 29th Jul '15 5:10:13 PM by Cid

Balmung Since: Oct, 2011
#97409: Jul 29th 2015 at 5:05:51 PM

Also, "you-ess-American" flows reasonably well.

[up]And on the off chance that we do, we have other terms, like "New Worlder" and "People/Countries of the Americas" for the whole area or "North/South/Central/Latin American" for portions of that whole.

edited 29th Jul '15 5:08:01 PM by Balmung

LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#97410: Jul 29th 2015 at 5:07:33 PM

I'm thinking like Freedomite or Liberatorian or something along those lines.

Oh really when?
TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#97411: Jul 29th 2015 at 5:08:58 PM

[up][up]"You es American, They es Mexican, I es Handsome, how about We es on a date ?" This pickup line cannot fail!

edited 29th Jul '15 5:09:34 PM by TheHandle

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Balmung Since: Oct, 2011
#97412: Jul 29th 2015 at 5:09:19 PM

[up][up]Sounds like the name of a straw-libertarian micronation.

edited 29th Jul '15 5:09:29 PM by Balmung

TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#97413: Jul 29th 2015 at 5:10:41 PM

[up]They did that in Bioshock. Twice. Because fuck yeah.

Rapture's actually a really fitting name, given that it was started by zealots going Galt avant-la-lettre.

But it is kinda ugly, and I've seen enough Raptor Jesus jokes to know where this would end up ending.

[down]No! TRUMP FOR PREZ!

edited 29th Jul '15 5:15:19 PM by TheHandle

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LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#97414: Jul 29th 2015 at 5:13:40 PM

[up][up]Is that not what we're turning into? Did I buy these John Galt 2016 bumper stickers for nothing?

Oh really when?
JackOLantern1337 Shameful Display from The Most Miserable Province in the Russian Empir Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Shameful Display
#97415: Jul 29th 2015 at 5:19:36 PM

[up] Hey we are one of the largest countries on Earth. We will not be some libertarian micro nation, we will become a libertarian hell hole of massive proportions, because everything in this country is big,besides the social safety net but that is for pussies and commies.[lol]

I Bring Doom,and a bit of gloom, but mostly gloom.
Skycobra51 A suitable case for treatment from The US of A Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Only knew I loved her when I let her go
A suitable case for treatment
#97416: Jul 29th 2015 at 5:19:57 PM

[up][up] Is New Zealand full of sheep? Is the Pope jewish? Is Cuba the happiest place on Earth?tongue

[up]Actually the saftey net is quite big. It costs more per year than the Defense Budget.

Sort of looks like Pac Mantongue

edited 29th Jul '15 5:29:20 PM by Skycobra51

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ironballs16 Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
#97417: Jul 29th 2015 at 5:22:18 PM

RE: Yankee

From The Devils Dictionary

YANKEE, n. In Europe, an American. In the Northern States of our Union, a New Englander. In the Southern States the word is unknown. (See DAMNYANK.)

edited 29th Jul '15 5:22:39 PM by ironballs16

"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"
TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#97418: Jul 29th 2015 at 5:25:36 PM

"DAMNYANK" is the sound the chains of the fallen make when their devil torturers drag them around IN HELL.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#97419: Jul 29th 2015 at 5:42:46 PM

Guys this is massively off topic.

Skycobra51 A suitable case for treatment from The US of A Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Only knew I loved her when I let her go
A suitable case for treatment
#97420: Jul 29th 2015 at 5:51:35 PM

[up]Okay killjoy.tongue

So to summarise a new england university tried to ban the use of the word American. However it won't and can't be changed cause there's no better alternative.

[down]Say what you want about America, but at least we don't need to import water and wear gas masks to go outside.

Also sometimes those needles car trips are necessary, especially if you live out in the country.

They could also upgrade the 50 odd year old power grid.

edited 29th Jul '15 6:06:51 PM by Skycobra51

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Aprilla Since: Aug, 2010
#97421: Jul 29th 2015 at 5:57:37 PM

You got a better chance of China adhering to enviromental and anti pollution laws.

China's environmental policy record isn't the best, but they're currently one of the world leaders in green energy along with Germany and Denmark.

More on topic, the US has plenty of opportunities to take command of alternative energy sources that are both cost-effective and better for the biosphere, but it's still not accepted as a general act of common duty beyond driving a Prius and starting a compost heap for fertilizer.

A lot of our energy inefficiency and pollution can be curbed by trival, easy habits like turning off unused lights, not leaving TV sets and game systems on standby unless you need to (that little red light on your Playstation 3 is still hitting your meter), not leaving faucets running while we're brushing our teeth or applying shampoo, and not using our cars to run errands that are less than 3 miles away.

edited 29th Jul '15 5:58:43 PM by Aprilla

Ogodei Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers from The front lines Since: Jan, 2011
Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers
#97422: Jul 29th 2015 at 8:06:12 PM

Red Bolshevism. Leaving my Wii U in standby mode is how i express my freedom!

BlueNinja0 The Mod with the Migraine from Taking a left at Albuquerque Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
The Mod with the Migraine
#97423: Jul 29th 2015 at 9:17:49 PM

what other country had the gal to name itself after an entire continent of which it takes up only a section?
Let's be honest here, we did make a really good attempt to take up the entire continent.
Are we really that lazy as a nation that something like Washingtonian is too long for us to say aloud or to write on paper?
I'm going with yes.

That’s the epitome of privilege right there, not considering armed nazis a threat to your life. - Silasw
AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#97424: Jul 29th 2015 at 10:38:33 PM

[up] Pretty sure we refer to the people from the state of Washington as Washingtonians. Calling us all that only makes sense if you want to rename the whole damn country after our first president. Not even sure why that option was brought up.

Did we really need to spend two pages discussing what we call ourselves when it's not like people are actually all that concerned about it?

BlueNinja0 The Mod with the Migraine from Taking a left at Albuquerque Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
The Mod with the Migraine
#97425: Jul 29th 2015 at 10:48:16 PM

[up] We have more than enough people who are too lazy to write the words "you," "are," and "for." Replacing American with an even longer word, however accurate or applicable it might be, seems like an exercise in futility to me.

Also, outside of certain regions, most people identify themselves as American first, and (state) resident second if not lower.

Also also, I totally blame Azsur for this entire derail. Clearly we need to invade Costa Rico for this fiasco, and we already know they have no means of resistence!

That’s the epitome of privilege right there, not considering armed nazis a threat to your life. - Silasw

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