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if you want to be specific nord or sud for north or south, but there is never a need as it is usually understood. <BR>Even when it is not, you are not usually asked, it is just assumed USA. <BR>A lot of people also, when they hear you speaking english will think you are British.
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Hello Escritora, <BR> <BR>in German it is "Amerikaner"(male) <BR>I think it`s not obvious for most of the <BR>German people that it might be including people from South- or Middle America. Those people will be directed as " someone from Brazil or Chile or Costa Rica", but not as an American... <BR> <BR>Miriam
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In Brazil we usually call Americans.. Americanos. We seldom use the expression norte americanos, as Joćo said they call them in Portugal. We refer to people from Central America and Mexico as Latino Americanos in general, whereas Brazilians, Argentinians, Equatorians and other South American nationalities are called Sul Americanos. Strangely, the US citizens are the only ones that we call simply.. Americanos. <BR> <BR>Surlok
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Hi Escritora and everybody: <BR> <BR>You are right saying that in Spanish we call 'estadounidense' those people from USA, but also, perhaps as a fact of literal translation, we asume that an 'americano' is from USA. <BR> <BR>Many people use the word 'norteamericano', but it can fit also Canadians and Mexicans (usually not). Of course, exist other words for the other Americans as 'Centroamericanos, Sudamericanos, Latinoamericanos, Hispanoamericanos', and the ones for each country : argentino, chileno, peruano, boliviano... <BR> <BR>Words as Yanky are understood all over the world, but perhaps, it's not a word of simpathy for 'estadounidenses' and for those from the south of USA
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I take umbrage at Yanky! It's YANKEE. To anyone south of the Mason-Dixon, it refers to anyone north of the aforementioned. To anyone north of the Mason-Dixon, it usually refers to New Englanders. To New Englanders, it means a died-in-the-wool native whose roots go back to the Revolution and before (Peabodys [pronounced PEAbiddy or PEAbdy] are Yankees, Kennedys are NOT). ay yuh.