What does the term "AMERICAN" mean to you?

[Mayfriday0529]

Discuss!!

Update: Dictionary results
A·mer·i·can
adj.

1. Of or relating to the United States of America or its people, language, or culture.
2. Of or relating to North or South America, the West Indies, or the Western Hemisphere.
3. Of or relating to any of the Native American peoples.
4. Indigenous to North or South America. Used of plants and animals.

 

[Deeko]

Someone from America?

 

[Ricemarine]

Originally posted by: Deeko
Someone from America?

QFT

 

[squirrel dog]

What does the term "Roman" mean to you ?

 

[jspeicher]

someone pertaining to/belonging to/living in/loving the

Americas - all of it. not just the USA? This is interesting...

 

[meltdown75]

someone that lives south of the border. or north. or... dammit, i'm surrounded by the USA.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Overweight, overbearing, opinionated, Nascar-watching, wife-beating, one tooth redneck? :laugh:

J/K

 

[skace]

Of or Pertaining to America.

 

[SVT Cobra]

what does the term BAN mean to you?

 

[sunzt]

American means malicious redneck to many people.

 

[LeiZaK]

Originally posted by: skace
Of or Pertaining to America.

 

[LSUfan]

7 random letters of the english alphabet?

 

[OrByte]

first thing that came to my mind was

cabbage.

 

[kalster]

FAT

 

[Mayfriday0529]

I want to know what people from Europe think of first when they hear that word?

 

[PurdueRy]

Sex

 

[NetWareHead]

Warmonger

 

[yourdeardaniel]

hicks

 

[Adica]

American means anyone living in America (with the exception of illegal aliens). America is just a land of many cultures and backrounds. Athough, all who reside here are Americans, I would like to contradict myself in saying that none of us are Americans too, unless of course you are of Native American descent.

 

[chcarnage]

In Europe, too, the word stands either for the US, North America or both Americas.

Originally posted by: Jnetty99
I want to know what people from Europe think of first when they hear that word?

Hm, common associations and stereotypes (about the US) may include:

Movies and music
Silicon Valley
Big cars and cheap gas
Sue-happy
Fast food
Many jails
Boot camps
Guns
Warnings on products and in buildings
Dollar (as world wide used currency)
Abu Ghraib
Guantanamo
Internet
World War II
more tolerant to visual violence
more sensible to sexual content
more sensible to violent language (censor bleep)
more religious than Europe
Death penalty
Moon landings, Space Shuttle
most similar mindset to Europe, of all other continents
Trigger happy (that's contradictionary, of course)
Indians, Cowboys
Skyscrapers
...

 

[gigapet]

david hasselhoff

 

[Injury]

American is anything that comes from the continents of North and South America.

 

[KeepItRed]

Fat.

 

[imported_Mike]

Choices

 

[Amused]

1. Of or relating to the United States of America or its people, language, or culture.