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American citizen? what is that?

do you mean United Statesian citizen?

That would make sense, but American citizen makes no sense, you see, there is no such a thing as ‘American’ nationality, America is not a nation America is a continent with many nations in it. The US never named itself the name of the United States is a designation it comes from the end of the Declaration of Independence, "WE, therefore, the Representatives of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, in GENERAL CONGRESS, Assembled...". The preamble to the U.S. Constitution reiterated the phrase: "We the People of the United States..." (The authors of these two documents probably used the phrase "united states" in place of a list of colonies/states because they remained uncertain at the time of drafting which colonies/states would sign off on the sentiments therein.) The geographic term "America" specifies the states' home on the American continent.

It is therefor incorrect to refer to US citizens as Americans with the intent of denoting citizenship, or the United States as America with the intent of denoting a nation. Americans have a term for US citizens, we are called United Statesians by the rest of Americans, to say American with the intent of denoting citizenship or America when we mean the United States reflects poorly on our attitude towards the 70% of Americans that are not United Statesians.

Also, although some people would like to believe that America is not one but two continents North America and South America. If you think about it though the term U.S. of A. is a glaring example that this line of thought is incorrect, if America was two continents instead of one, shouldn’t it be U.S. of N.A. (North America)? We say Columbus discovered..... ? AMERICA, not South America or North America.

Hope that helps.

2007-01-31 07:43:06 · answer #1 · answered by r1b1c* 7 · 0 2

Prior to getting married in a foreign country as an American Citizen you must be in that country for at least 30 days prior to the marriage. It will require that you apply for permission from the country involved. Go to the American consulate there for complete details.

2007-01-31 07:48:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1 1

Depends if you're in the military. It could be a lot easier. Birth certificate and ID, find a chaplain, wham bam, you're done. If you live in Qatar as a civilian, I'm not sure what the process is for that......

2007-01-31 07:57:49 · answer #3 · answered by throughthebackyards 5 · 0 1

Certificate of insanity

2007-01-31 07:43:24 · answer #4 · answered by god knows and sees else Yahoo 6 · 2 1

a note from a Dr. releasing you from the nut hut

2007-01-31 07:44:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1 1

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