Re: CHAT: silly names, prepositions

Nik Taylor wrote:
>John Cowan wrote:
>> > Hence, the use of "norteamericano" in Latin America for United
>> > Statesians.
>>
>> Doesn't that include Canadians, too?
>Technically, I suppose so, but as I understand it, it's generally used
>for United Statesians>

Many Latin Americans, especially Argentines, get rather snippy if we resort
to "Americano" or even "norteamericano".  And we can't use "gringo" there--
that refers to old-line Argentines.  So to be totally specific:
estadounidense