glumbert.com— (Video) You have to watch the whole thing to appreciate it. Very Unbelievable. If you know how it's done, please keep it to yourself. Showing off is the pits....
Nov 15, 2006View in Crawl 4
I think that started with the term African-American being used as a more "dignified" term than Black. That naming style was then used mainly by whites to describe various people who were not white and lived in the US.
@jsully: >That's because America hasn't been around long enough - it's a young countryAustralia is a younger country than the United States and people don't feel the need to identify themselves as "Welsh-Australian" as jamief0 pointed out.
tokkio: You've nailed it. I always answer "San Francisco" at which point I pause and wait for them to probe further.What's interesting is that you get the same thing when traveling in Asia. Folks are always amazed when I speak Chinese with "an American accent"
pluguesNov 16, 2006
no offense, but that's actually because north america was possessed by "political correctness" in the nineties, if that's even a word.
mrgoatNov 16, 2006
surely"or cocaine"?
nistavarNov 16, 2006
No I'm pretty sure that would be a level 4 transmutation spell...
dj9voltNov 16, 2006
weird-ass stuf
spliffyNov 17, 2006
better then just looking bored for the camera?
niner9Nov 17, 2006
I think that started with the term African-American being used as a more "dignified" term than Black. That naming style was then used mainly by whites to describe various people who were not white and lived in the US.
malfourmedNov 18, 2006
@jsully: >That's because America hasn't been around long enough - it's a young countryAustralia is a younger country than the United States and people don't feel the need to identify themselves as "Welsh-Australian" as jamief0 pointed out.
glucoseboyNov 18, 2006
tokkio: You've nailed it. I always answer "San Francisco" at which point I pause and wait for them to probe further.What's interesting is that you get the same thing when traveling in Asia. Folks are always amazed when I speak Chinese with "an American accent"