[Livia]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

They do that alot though with Irish Americans and Italian Americans, seems to be less to to with colour and more to do with roots and where they originated from

And yet... by far the largest group to migrate to the USA was the English, according to the resource centre at Ellis Island. And yet no one ever hears someone described as an English American.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Livia

And yet... by far the largest group to migrate to the USA was the English, according to the resource centre at Ellis Island. And yet no one ever hears someone described as an English American.

Yeah, that's true actually, I never even thought of that, I wonder why that is?

[Roy Mars III]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Yeah, that's true actually, I never even thought of that, I wonder why that is?

because no one would ever want to admit to something as terrible as that

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Roy Mars III

because no one would ever want to admit to something as terrible as that

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Roy Mars III

because no one would ever want to admit to something as terrible as that

Wow...

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Livia

Wow...

he's only joking Livia

[Kyle]

Originally Posted by Livia

And yet... by far the largest group to migrate to the USA was the English, according to the resource centre at Ellis Island. And yet no one ever hears someone described as an English American.

The term Yankee originated from English settlers in the colonies although now it has lost it's meaning and tends to encompass all people from the states.