kdplayer posted:luislpc posted:ok ok, i don´t know in Venezuela, but, here in Argentina with five bucks(aprox. $15"pesos"

you can hardly buy a 1,5 Lts Coke, a couple of candy packs and a small chocolate... check the change...
Well, you're lucky to get that much with 5 bucks here in America.
WELL, I KNOW THIS IS AN OLD CONVERSATION BUT: WHAT DOES "HERE IN AMERICA" MEANS.?
AMERICA IS A WHOLE CONTINENT, NOT JUST A COUNTRY. SEVERAL LENGUAGES HAS A NAME GIVEN TO THE PEOPLE FROM A PARTICULAR COUNTRY, IN SPANISH, AS THE ROYAL SPANISH ACADEMY SAYS, A PERSON FROM usa CAN BE CALLED "estadounidense", IN ENGLISH YOU CAN USE U.S. CITIZEN. BUT PEOPLE AND GOVERNMENTS AROUND THE WORLD KEEP ON USING "america & american" AS THE WAY TO REFER TO THE U.S. CITIZENS AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THERE ARE SOME OTHERS U.S. IN AMERICA SUCH AS THE UNITED STATES OF MEJICO AND THE UNITED STATES OF BRASIL, BUT THE LAST WORD IN THE WHOLE NAME CAN BE USED BECAUSE THERE IS NO AMBIGUITY IN IT.
AMERICA BEGINS AT THE BERING STRAIT AND ENDS AT LA PATAGONIA.
LET ME MAKE THIS CLEAR: I LOVE THIS CONTINENT FROM HEAD TO TOES, THAT IS WHY I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT.
WE ARE ALL AMERICANS
THE AMERICANS FROM U.S.A. ARE U.S.A. CITIZENS
(OF COURSE McCAIN WOULD INVADE EVERYTHING AND PROBLEM SOLVED)(JOKE. EXPLANATION FOR THOSE WHO USUALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND)
PS. HERE IN THE NIN FORUM WE SHOULD COME OUT WITH THE RIGHT WORD...ANY SUGGESTIONS?
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 10/07/2008 12:26AM by GODISGAY.