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<blockquote data-quote="MGibster" data-source="post: 8493275" data-attributes="member: 4534"><p>This might be an Americanism, but when most of us refer to ourselves as Italian, German, Dutch, or some other ethnicity what we really mean is that this is where our families came from. Most of our ancestors were emigrants after all. It's very common for Americans to refer to themselves with hyphens such as Mexican-American, Japanese-American, German-American, etc., etc. and usually you won't get flak from anyone for saying that. I have ancestors who came over to what would become the United States more than 250 years ago from the southern part of Scotland and the Orkney Islands. </p><p></p><p>While I don't identify myself as Scottish-American, you're right that generally we wouldn't tell anyone they were wrong for calling themselves Japanese-American, German-American, or Whatever-American. But being a German-American, Japanese-American, or Whatever-American doesn't mean you're Japanese, German, or Whatever. If I were to go to Glasgow and proclaim myself Scottish, I imagine the Glaswegians at the pub would be slightly bemused by my decidedly American accent, my lack of interest in the Rangers F.C., or my lack of fear at taking a stroll at night with a big wad of cash in my pocket. i.e. They're not going to see me as Scottish they're going to see me as an American and I think that would be a fair assessment.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MGibster, post: 8493275, member: 4534"] This might be an Americanism, but when most of us refer to ourselves as Italian, German, Dutch, or some other ethnicity what we really mean is that this is where our families came from. Most of our ancestors were emigrants after all. It's very common for Americans to refer to themselves with hyphens such as Mexican-American, Japanese-American, German-American, etc., etc. and usually you won't get flak from anyone for saying that. I have ancestors who came over to what would become the United States more than 250 years ago from the southern part of Scotland and the Orkney Islands. While I don't identify myself as Scottish-American, you're right that generally we wouldn't tell anyone they were wrong for calling themselves Japanese-American, German-American, or Whatever-American. But being a German-American, Japanese-American, or Whatever-American doesn't mean you're Japanese, German, or Whatever. If I were to go to Glasgow and proclaim myself Scottish, I imagine the Glaswegians at the pub would be slightly bemused by my decidedly American accent, my lack of interest in the Rangers F.C., or my lack of fear at taking a stroll at night with a big wad of cash in my pocket. i.e. They're not going to see me as Scottish they're going to see me as an American and I think that would be a fair assessment. [/QUOTE]
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