Timeline for What's the difference between "I'm American" and "I'm an American"?
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| Aug 26, 2017 at 14:06 | comment | added | TimR | I think most people who see a difference between ethnicity and nationality would understand the anecdote. | |
| Aug 26, 2017 at 13:45 | comment | added | Michael Login | There is an anecdote based on this difference. Henry Kissinger meets Vladimir Zorin, both are Jews. Kissinger: Hey, Vladimir, I've heard you're a Jew? Zorin: No way, I'm Russian! Kissinger: If so, I'm American. Don't know whether it works in English, though. | |
| Aug 26, 2017 at 11:21 | history | answered | TimR | CC BY-SA 3.0 |