The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #151998 Message #3553666
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
28-Aug-13 - 07:10 AM
Thread Name: BS: Name for people from USA
Subject: RE: BS: Name for people from USA
I believe it is quite common in Spain to refer to visitors from South America as "Americanos".
Do we use the term "Europeans" specifically to refer to citizens of countries in the EU rather than of other European countries?
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Maeve's quotation reminded me of Yeats writing "My country is Kiltartan Cross, my countrymen Kiltartan poor".