Brazilians leaving America in droves

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Obrigado Nessa.

[EstebanTrabajos 7]

the hot brazillian girls can stay.

i've got work for them.

classy juuuust classy

[Nessa 23]

brazilians are considered latinos because they're from latin amrican. what they are not considered are hispanic.

I thought they were from South America.

that too.

America history 101:

north america (canada, united states and mexico) central america (belize, costa rica, el salvador, guatemala, honduras, nicaragua, panama) south america ( everything else in america below those countries mentioned above)

latin america is every country in america (continent) except united states and canada (that are considered anglo-america).

Edited December 22, 2008 by Nessa

[spookyturtle 9,466]

brazilians are considered latinos because they're from latin amrican. what they are not considered are hispanic.

I thought they were from South America.

that too.

America history 101:

north america (canada, united states and mexico) central america (belize, costa rica, el salvador, guatemala, honduras, nicaragua, panama) south america ( everything else in america below those countries mentioned above)

latin america is every country in america (continent) except united states and canada.

Since latin America doesn't include the US, it isn't part of American history.

[EstebanTrabajos 7]

brazilians are considered latinos because they're from latin amrican. what they are not considered are hispanic.

I thought they were from South America.

that too.

America history 101:

north america (canada, united states and mexico) central america (belize, costa rica, el salvador, guatemala, honduras, nicaragua, panama) south america ( everything else in america below those countries mentioned above)

latin america is every country in america (continent) except united states and canada.

Since latin America doesn't include the US, it isn't part of American history.

The US is part of the AMERICAN continent, therefore, Nessa's comment is correct. The idea that the word "American" belongs to the US is wrong, that's the reason why the term "american citizen" when referring just to US citizens is not correct. Mexicans, Nicaraguans, Guatemalans, Canadians etc ARE American citizens as well. Comprende?

Edited December 22, 2008 by TävôLuDô

[Ban Hammer 14,575]

the hot brazillian girls can stay.

i've got work for them.

well that's pretty much every brazilian girl then

[Staashi 371]

brazilians are considered latinos because they're from latin amrican. what they are not considered are hispanic.

I thought they were from South America.

that too.

America history 101:

north america (canada, united states and mexico) central america (belize, costa rica, el salvador, guatemala, honduras, nicaragua, panama) south america ( everything else in america below those countries mentioned above)

latin america is every country in america (continent) except united states and canada.

Since latin America doesn't include the US, it isn't part of American history.

The US is part of the AMERICAN continent, therefore, Nessa's comment is correct. The idea that the word "American" belongs to the US is wrong, that's the reason why the term "american citizen" when referring just to US citizens is not correct. Mexicans, Nicaraguans, Guatemalans, Canadians etc ARE American citizens as well. Comprende?

This is so true - my husband corrects me at times when I say American referring to the US - he's like "Look, we're both American - your country doesn't have the ownership on what defines an American."

[Nessa 23]

brazilians are considered latinos because they're from latin amrican. what they are not considered are hispanic.

I thought they were from South America.

that too.

America history 101:

north america (canada, united states and mexico) central america (belize, costa rica, el salvador, guatemala, honduras, nicaragua, panama) south america ( everything else in america below those countries mentioned above)

latin america is every country in america (continent) except united states and canada.

Since latin America doesn't include the US, it isn't part of American history.

The US is part of the AMERICAN continent, therefore, Nessa's comment is correct. The idea that the word "American" belongs to the US is wrong, that's the reason why the term "american citizen" when referring just to US citizens is not correct. Mexicans, Nicaraguans, Guatemalans, Canadians etc ARE American citizens as well. Comprende?

yup, i was refering to the american continent.

[natty bumppo 297]

Hey maybe these "americanized" illegals will go home and start to incorporate the things they did like about America in their own country... and stay there.

For everyone that gets out.... thats one less person fighting for a job, thats one less mouth for already strapped social agencies to feed.

It's not that I don't personally like Brazilians, (or any other Latino-border jumper) I have not had a bad experience with one (not one), but proper entry in this country is a minimum... for me to welcome you.

brazilians are latino?

No, and they aren't Hispanic either.

Webster's says Brazilians are Latinos. So would anyone else that comes from a country whose language derives from Latin. But I still prefer to wait and see how our Brazilians define themselves, because that's the only definition that means anything.

this could get interesting ...

Latin America can designate all of those countries and territories in the Americas where a Romance language (i.e. languages derived from Latin, and hence the name of the region) is spoken: Spanish, Portuguese, and French, and creole languages based upon these.

Latin America includes not only all Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries, but also the current and former French territories in the hemisphere, including Quebec in Canada; Louisiana in the United States; Haiti, Martinique and Guadeloupe in the Caribbean; French Guiana in South America; and St. Pierre and Miquelon near Newfoundland.

Link

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I guess it will depend on how people want to consider themselves.

[NickD 203]

Back in the good old days, about 12,000 years ago, Palin couldn't only see Russia from Alaska, but could walk over to it. That is where the native Indians came from, the first immigrants, mostly up from Asia, but they didn't have a USCIS back then.

America got it's name after Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci (1454–1512) that was the first to make maps of these two great continents, actually one as the Panama canal that separated the two wasn't dug yet with some concern that South America could float away, North America was held fast by the arctic frost. Not sure why they didn't call these continents Vespucci or Vespucaca.

Looking for a better place to live with more walking room, many European immigrants came to these continents, South American in countries like Argentina,

Brazil, Venezuela, and Colombia have a very strong Italian, and German base. USA had limits on Italian immigrants back then, considered almost as bad as the Irish. Most of the South American countries speak Spanish with a very strong exception to Brazil that speaks Portuguese. If we were called Vespucaca, our immigration in the USA would have had to let more Italians in. Those are my roots., but they sneaked in anyway, LOL.

See at lot more people there of native Indian decent, gather they didn't kill as many as our ancestors did in the USA. But not nearly as many blacks, no cotton to pick down there.

For the fun of it, did trace my wife's roots with mine back to the European countries are ancestors came from, they lived closer together than if I married a gal from Indiana. But since she is from a Spanish speaking country, she is defined as being Hispanic.

"His·pan·ic (h¹-sp²n“¹k) adj. 1. Of or relating to Spain or Spanish-speaking Latin America. 2. Of or relating to a Spanish-speaking people or culture. --His·pan·ic n. 1. A Spanish-speaking person. 2. A U.S. citizen or resident of Latin-American or Spanish descent. [Latin Hisp³nicus, fromHisp³nia, Spain.]

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USAGE NOTE: There are a number of words denoting persons who trace their origins to a Spanish-speaking country or culture. Hispanic is the broadest of these terms, encompassing all Spanish-speaking peoples in both hemispheres and emphasizing the common denominator of language between communities that sometimes have little else in common. It is widely used in both official and unofficial contexts and is entirely acceptable, although like the term Spanish American, it has occasionally been criticized as unduly emphasizing the role of European influences in shaping ethnic identity to the neglect of indigenous cultures. Latino is also in wide use, but it is somewhat less formal in most contexts and is generally restricted to persons of Latin-American descent."

But somehow, the word Hispanic in this country does have some nasty connotations connected with it. Wife is mostly German in her heritage. And she does not like spicy foods. Ate at some very fine Italian restaurants in both Colombia and Venezuela, and felt right at home. Only thing we have in our town is Chinese and Mexican, well also a Macs. But they fry their burgers in their own fat, can't eat there.

Who owns a country? Whomever got their first, of course. This country was already 66 years old when my ancestors first came here, am a new kid on the block.

[spookyturtle 9,466]

brazilians are considered latinos because they're from latin amrican. what they are not considered are hispanic.

I thought they were from South America.

that too.

America history 101:

north america (canada, united states and mexico) central america (belize, costa rica, el salvador, guatemala, honduras, nicaragua, panama) south america ( everything else in america below those countries mentioned above)

latin america is every country in america (continent) except united states and canada.

Since latin America doesn't include the US, it isn't part of American history.

The US is part of the AMERICAN continent, therefore, Nessa's comment is correct. The idea that the word "American" belongs to the US is wrong, that's the reason why the term "american citizen" when referring just to US citizens is not correct. Mexicans, Nicaraguans, Guatemalans, Canadians etc ARE American citizens as well. Comprende?

Only US citizens are Americans. People from Canada are Canadians, not Americans. People from Mexico are Mexican, not Americans.

yup, i was refering to the american continent.

Which American continent?

[NickD 203]

Only US citizens are Americans. People from Canada are Canadians, not Americans. People from Mexico are Mexican, not Americans.

It all started with that song, America the Beautiful. United States the Beautiful didn't quite hack it.

"United States the Beautiful

Words by Katharine Lee Bates,

Melody by Samuel Ward

O beautiful for spacious skies,

For amber waves of grain,

For purple mountain majesties

Above the fruited plain!

United States! United States!

God shed his grace on thee

And crown thy good with brotherhood

From sea to shining sea!"

Edited December 22, 2008 by NickD

[spookyturtle 9,466]

Only US citizens are Americans. People from Canada are Canadians, not Americans. People from Mexico are Mexican, not Americans.

It all started with that song, America the Beautiful. United States the Beautiful didn't quite hack it.

" <h1 class="title"> United States the Beautiful </h1> Words by Katharine Lee Bates,

Melody by Samuel Ward

O beautiful for spacious skies,

For amber waves of grain,

For purple mountain majesties

Above the fruited plain!

United States! United States!

God shed his grace on thee

And crown thy good with brotherhood

From sea to shining sea!"

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What is the problem with the word 'America' meaning two different things in two different parts of the world?

For purposes of this article, everyone knows what 'America' means. Let's not be argumentative.