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Date Posted: 14:01:19 11/30/07 Fri
Author: Paul Baker
Subject: Re: Hypenated Americans
In reply to: Paul Baker 's message, "Re: Hypenated Americans" on 15:14:47 11/29/07 Thu

Hypenated Americans... I mean HYPHENATED Americans...

The term hyphenated American is an epithet from the late 19th century to refer to Americans who consider themselves of a distinct cultural origin other than the United States, and who claim to hold allegiance to both.

The first term typically indicates a region of origin or ancestry; it is paired with "American", sometimes by a hyphen, as in African American, Italian American, English American, Irish American, German American, Indian American, Jewish American, and Japanese American. The hyphen is traditionally seen as grammatically correct only when the compound term is used as an adjective. Hence, correct forms include an African American and an African-American man.

The linguistic construction functionally indicates ancestry, but also may connote a sense that these individuals straddle two worlds—one experience is specific to their unique ethnic identity, while the other is the broader multicultural amalgam that is Americana.



>I've heard you call yourself a Italian-American
>several times... Don't be a hypocrite pinocchio...
>orrr did Joe tell you to say those things? I know he
>controls your actions and words. He even does it while
>on camera... How unprofessional. :p
>
>>Read what Theodore Roosevelt said about it.
>>
>>Advocates Americanism, 1915
>>
>> >>href="http://www.rpatrick.com/USA/americanism/">http:/
>/
>>www.rpatrick.com/USA/americanism/
>>
>>Our country is being ruined by these people.

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