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⌈ Secret Post #2479 ⌋

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[lynx]

Don't take assumptions about me. My English is self-taught, yet I've constantly scored as proffessional-level Bilingual in all the certifications made available by the Chilean State, partnered with the University of Cambridge.

When series and movies get dubbed? Despite the overwhelming majority of people who use the word "Estadounidense"? The dubs always say "Americano". It's a technical reason, mostly, so the lip-synching fits, but it's still grating.

For the rest of what you've said... *sigh * You really can't grasp that the way our school system educates us tells us that America is a one single continent, and anyone who lives in said continent has an equal right to be "Americano"? Go take a look at the Spanish wiki on the "América" article (apply google translate, it will mangle the page but you might still get the gist of it.)

Even more, most of the time, people from the US don't say US or USA. They say America. As if their portion of America was the only one that mattered. Maybe you really don't mean any harm by it, but for us it is erasure.

NAYRT

[(Anonymous)]

What they're saying is that you have every right to "Americano". Americans have every right to "American". Just like "demande"/"demand" they're false cognates. They seem like they should mean the same thing in both languages, but they don't.

[(Anonymous)]

I said there was a gap in your teaching, not that you couldn't speak it. You speak it quite well. But somewhere along the way, you missed the concept of "false friends". When two words from two different languages sound quite alike but don't mean the same thing (even if they mean similar things). That's what I meant about demande/demand. They obviously sound identical to each other, and might be a source of confusion, and might even seem pretty implausible to not actually mean the same thing, but...well, they don't.

When series and movies get dubbed? Despite the overwhelming majority of people who use the word "Estadounidense"? The dubs always say "Americano". It's a technical reason, mostly, so the lip-synching fits, but it's still grating.

Shame on the translators, then!

You really can't grasp that the way our school system educates us tells us that America is a one single continent, and anyone who lives in said continent has an equal right to be "Americano"?

I do grasp that. What you don't grasp (I'll say this in caps, not because I'm yelling, but because it's the focal point, and I want to stress it, so please don't be mad!):

AMERICANO does NOT mean AMERICAN.

Of course you have a right to Americano! That's the word that is properly used--IN YOUR LANGUAGE. In ENGLISH, American is used ONLY for those from the United States!

No one is taking "Americano" from you--you're simply not grasping that Americano does NOT translate into American! It translate into "citizen of the Americas!" i.e., North, Central, or South American. Yes, it's a bit more cumbersome as a word, but most of the rest of the world thinks of the three areas as being fairly separate.

Even more, most of the time, people from the US don't say US or USA. They say America. As if their portion of America was the only one that mattered. Maybe you really don't mean any harm by it, but for us it is erasure.

But it's not because American doesn't mean Americano. They are two different words.

Again, this would like with you steadfastly refusing to accept that the French are not "demanding" anything of you, they "demande" ('request') something of you! It doesn't matter how similar the two words are, because they mean two different things!

[lynx]

I was getting some much needed sleep and the notification for this woke me up. Now I'm insomniac AND annoyed.

I've seen you spam this useless piece of trivia on other comments and didn't say anything, but now:

1) you're missing the point. You're so far away from the point the two of you may as well exist in different dimensions.

2) DO NOT SPEAK OF WHAT A SPANISH WORD MEANS OR DOESN'T IF YOU DON'T SPEAK SPANISH, MOTHERFUCKER. You think I don't know about "false friends"?? My god, you're such a patronizing asshole!

'Ta. *goes back to sleep*

[(Anonymous)]

I tried being civil, but apparently the language barrier is so great between us you can't speak English without resorting to swearing, so I'll speak the version you understand.

1) you're missing the point. You're so far away from the point the two of you may as well exist in different dimensions.

I understand perfectly. You're just incapable of coming up with a concrete argument, so swearing had to suffice where logic could not.

2) DO NOT SPEAK OF WHAT A SPANISH WORD MEANS OR DOESN'T IF YOU DON'T SPEAK SPANISH, MOTHERFUCKER. You think I don't know about "false friends"?? My god, you're such a patronizing asshole!

Tell me, when you use the word "Americano", does it mean "citizen of the US" or "person from the Americas"? If it means the latter, then I am right, and no amount of getting pissy about things is going to change that, ever. If it DOES NOT MEAN American, then you simply ARE SPEAKING MY LANGUAGE INCORRECTLY.

So you want to talk about patronizing? How about some ignorant asshole like yourself trying to take control of MY language and MY cultural identity because you're too damn stupid to understand what the fuck a false friend is, eh?

[lynx]

I'm a civil amd polite person perfrectly capable of doing a debate without using curse words, but you don't seem to understand how patronizing you are, and how rude. And you have the gall to act all surprised when I react with anger? You continue to be rude, and I'd be in my right to tell you to fuck off, but okay: let's settle this.

http://i.word.com/idictionary/american <- Merriam Webster definition, with history of the usage of the word included.

[(Anonymous)]

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/American?q=american

And here's Oxford, you know, the older, better-established, more respected, and larger dictionary?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americans

And here's Wikipedia, where searching "American" brings up the US citizen, and nothing else.

[(Anonymous)]

This just tells me you know nothing about etymology.

And well, since you're insisting on bringing out Wikipedia, which is most notably a souce made up of a collaborating effort of Internet denizens, here's the page for "American" as a word, in English:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_(word)

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah...that just says that it means citizen of the US, but some people didn't really get the memo.

So, too bad, so sad.