Yankees? Gringos? USAnians?

[doncoulter]

The Economist has a short essay about what to call people from the United States: Yankees? Gringos? USAnians?

IMHO, Yankees is confusing, as it sometimes refers only to people from the Northeast; Gringos is offensive; and USAnians is ridiculous.

I prefer none of the above. Instead, why not Yanks? It's how my Brit and Aussie friends refer to people from the U.S., and it's short, crystal clear, and inoffensive.

http://www.economist.com/blogs/johnson/2..._americans

Don

[mr bill]

Thumbs down on Yanks - I'm not for letting the Brits get the upper-word here. We did fight a war to free ourselves from them you know.

The man running the tienda in front of our place has an interesting solution after admitting he was getting confused when his wife or help kept saying " ... es para el Gringo " so he has asked me and other customers what our names are and that's how he now addresses us - I've been meaning to ask his - I'll do so today.

For a long and somewhat scholarly discussion on the "G' word look to this Honduran blog [2nd story down]