No such people as AMERICANS.

[FJO]

The people who call themselves and the rest of the world know as AMERICANS have to do some reckoning and learn a bit of history.

By rights and by the correct way of naming things, places, traditions and legacies, the land mass now known as North America and South America should be known as North Vespucci and South Vespucci. And people inhabiting those lands should be called and known as VESPUCCIANS.

The Straight Dope: Why was America named after Amerigo Vespucci?

How do you like them apples?

 

[hjmick]

Why? America is simply a variation of the first name Amerigo.


On a similar note, why the hell do we celebrate Columbus day? That guy was a vicious ****....

Christopher Columbus was awful (but this other guy was not) - The Oatmeal

 

[FJO]

Why? America is simply a variation of the first name Amerigo.


On a similar note, why the heel do we celebrate Columbus day? That guy was a vicious ****....

Christopher Columbus was awful (but this other guy was not) - The Oatmeal

That is exactly my point.

Would you be as proud being called Vespuccian?

BTW, don't show the world what a useless person you are by calling a person who is no longer here a "c..t", especially the person whose name you co-opted/borrowed/stole as the name of your country.

 

[GreenBean]

The people who call themselves and the rest of the world know as AMERICANS have to do some reckoning and learn a bit of history.

By rights and by the correct way of naming things, places, traditions and legacies, the land mass now known as North America and South America should be known as North Vespucci and South Vespucci. And people inhabiting those lands should be called and known as VESPUCCIANS.

The Straight Dope: Why was America named after Amerigo Vespucci?

How do you like them apples?

Whetehr or not America was named for the Pickle Peddler Amerigo Vespucci or not is only a theory , and a somewhat shady one at that - scripts from [ I believe nag hammadi, although I may be wrong] recovered an ancient myth of a western star known as "Merica" and teh alternative theory of America being named after that is more credible. The legend of the Merica star was carried on in free masonry -

Searching for the Templar "Merica" Star - JasonColavito.com


And it also questionable whether or not Europeans were the first here , Africans also hold a claim to discovering America, as well as Chinese, and others

 

[HenryBHough]

If life were fair you'd all be speaking ancient Norse today.

But it ain't. So, in plain American English: "Suck it up".

 

[thereisnospoon]

The people who call themselves and the rest of the world know as AMERICANS have to do some reckoning and learn a bit of history.

By rights and by the correct way of naming things, places, traditions and legacies, the land mass now known as North America and South America should be known as North Vespucci and South Vespucci. And people inhabiting those lands should be called and known as VESPUCCIANS.

The Straight Dope: Why was America named after Amerigo Vespucci?

How do you like them apples?

Written by another USDA hating asshole.
And you are among them and took the bait.
Troll thread headed for the badlands. I'll see to it.

 

[Clementine]

The people who call themselves and the rest of the world know as AMERICANS have to do some reckoning and learn a bit of history.

By rights and by the correct way of naming things, places, traditions and legacies, the land mass now known as North America and South America should be known as North Vespucci and South Vespucci. And people inhabiting those lands should be called and known as VESPUCCIANS.

The Straight Dope: Why was America named after Amerigo Vespucci?

How do you like them apples?

Whetehr or not America was named for the Pickle Peddler Amerigo Vespucci or not is only a theory , and a somewhat shady one at that - scripts from [ I believe nag hammadi, although I may be wrong] recovered an ancient myth of a western star known as "Merica" and teh alternative theory of America being named after that is more credible. The legend of the Merica star was carried on in free masonry -

Searching for the Templar "Merica" Star - JasonColavito.com


And it also questionable whether or not Europeans were the first here , Africans also hold a claim to discovering America, as well as Chinese, and others

History gets rewritten a lot these days. The left has had resentment for America for decades. They especially attack things that Americans have always been proud of, such as liberty, freedom, capitalism and worst of all, American pride. They hate it when people love this country and what it offers. Tyrants hate free will and sheep are taught to hate those who succeed. The radicals cannot abide by free thinking and free markets. We are a difficult lot to control, but they'll keep trying.

It doesn't matter what we are called. All that matters is our constitution and bill of rights.

 

[HenryBHough]

Troll thread headed for the badlands. I'll see to it.

Congratulations to our new mini-mod!

 

[GreenBean]

If life were fair you'd all be speaking ancient Norse today.

But it ain't. So, in plain American English: "Suck it up".

There's no such language as "Norse" the Vikings or Norsemen were a collection of klans tribes and kingdoms that spoke several different languages.

 

[HenryBHough]

If life were fair you'd all be speaking ancient Norse today.

But it ain't. So, in plain American English: "Suck it up".

There's no such language as "Norse" the Vikings or Norsemen were a collection of klans tribes and kingdoms that spoke several different languages.

Ah, but could tell the difference between them? Or would they all sound alike to a non-native speaker? Y'know, like all orientals look alike to black folks?

 

[norwegen]

If life were fair you'd all be speaking ancient Norse today.

But it ain't. So, in plain American English: "Suck it up".

Vinland began and ended with a whimper.

We speak English because England, though scant in population compared to France and Spain, eclipsed those nations in power because the English concentrated such a high proportion of their employment and gross national product on foreign trade. In 1600, England was an insular and agricultural nation whose trade extended to nearby northern Europe. In 1700, its commerce was complex and global, as London competed with Amsterdam for American produce and Asian luxuries. Transoceanic trade was a tremendous boost to the English and colonial economies, and, after annexing Scotland and forming Great Britain, England soon dominated North America.

Life is fair, even to the losers. It would not be fair if everyone won.

 

[GreenBean]

The people who call themselves and the rest of the world know as AMERICANS have to do some reckoning and learn a bit of history.

By rights and by the correct way of naming things, places, traditions and legacies, the land mass now known as North America and South America should be known as North Vespucci and South Vespucci. And people inhabiting those lands should be called and known as VESPUCCIANS.

The Straight Dope: Why was America named after Amerigo Vespucci?

How do you like them apples?

Whetehr or not America was named for the Pickle Peddler Amerigo Vespucci or not is only a theory , and a somewhat shady one at that - scripts from [ I believe nag hammadi, although I may be wrong] recovered an ancient myth of a western star known as "Merica" and teh alternative theory of America being named after that is more credible. The legend of the Merica star was carried on in free masonry -

Searching for the Templar "Merica" Star - JasonColavito.com


And it also questionable whether or not Europeans were the first here , Africans also hold a claim to discovering America, as well as Chinese, and others

History gets rewritten a lot these days. The left has had resentment for America for decades. They especially attack things that Americans have always been proud of, such as liberty, freedom, capitalism and worst of all, American pride. They hate it when people love this country and what it offers. Tyrants hate free will and sheep are taught to hate those who succeed. The radicals cannot abide by free thinking and free markets. We are a difficult lot to control, but they'll keep trying.

It doesn't matter what we are called. All that matters is our constitution and bill of rights.

Two thumbs up !!!! So far as our current situation .

So far as the History of the Americas - before Europeans - there were others beside the Red Man - The Europeans civilized the land and " brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal...." God Bless America ! God Damn the Socio Facists Liberal Progressives !!!!

 

[TemplarKormac]

That's it? You want us to stop calling ourselves Americans? Just who do you think you are?

 

[Iceweasel]

Marketing is a big factor. "Vespuccian, fuck yea!" just doesn't have the same ring to it.

 

[GreenBean]

If life were fair you'd all be speaking ancient Norse today.

But it ain't. So, in plain American English: "Suck it up".

There's no such language as "Norse" the Vikings or Norsemen were a collection of klans tribes and kingdoms that spoke several different languages.

Ah, but could tell the difference between them? Or would they all sound alike to a non-native speaker? Y'know, like all orientals look alike to black folks?

es and us "skraelings" all looked alike to the Norse .

 

[HenryBHough]

We speak English because England, though scant in population compared to France and Spain, eclipsed those nations in power because the English concentrated such a high proportion of their employment and gross national product on foreign trade. In 1600, England was an insular and agricultural nation whose trade extended to nearby northern Europe. In 1700, its commerce was complex and global, as London competed with Amsterdam for American produce and Asian luxuries. Transoceanic trade was a tremendous boost to the English and colonial economies, and, after annexing Scotland and forming Great Britain, England soon dominated the Americas.

Life is fair, even to the losers. It would not be fair if everyone won.

Well put!

I am reminded of.... "Vun thousund Swedes runned tru da weeds poorsooed by vun Norwegan!"

 

[JakeStarkey]

We should talk about liberty and freedom, as well as and slavery and racism and the struggle to expand the vote to women and minorities.

American history is not all skittles and beer, folks.

 

[Jughead]

Why? America is simply a variation of the first name Amerigo.


On a similar note, why the heel do we celebrate Columbus day? That guy was a vicious ****....

Christopher Columbus was awful (but this other guy was not) - The Oatmeal

That is exactly my point.

Would you be as proud being called Vespuccian?

BTW, don't show the world what a useless person you are by calling a person who is no longer here a "c..t", especially the person whose name you co-opted/borrowed/stole as the name of your country.

you? Don't you live on the continent of North America? So I guess you are implicated as well.

 

[HenryBHough]

American history is not all skittles and beer, folks.

Actually, and you should know this, you CAN buy skittles with your Obamastamps. Beer, not so much, though not 100% impossible. And THAT is rapidly becoming the archetypical snapshot of what will soon be America's history.

 

[Harry Dresden]

Marketing is a big factor. "Vespuccian, fuck yea!" just doesn't have the same ring to it.

it does if we lived in the land of Oz....