Mooquackwooftweetmeow entries labelled American Concatenating zoölogical onomatopœia since 1999 http://gkn.me.uk/entries/American http://gkn.me.uk/style/icon.png Greg K Nicholson http://gkn.me.uk/ 2012-01-21T15:02:00Z An American entry http://gkn.me.uk/anamericanentry 2007-11-28T19:53:00Z 2007-11-28T19:53:00Z
I came across The Ethical Blogger at …Blogger, and was reminded (via a quote from the New Yorker) that writers from the United States seem to enjoy using “American” as an apparently-meaningless adjective before almost any noun at random—which is jarring for English-speakers who aren't from the United States, particularly when the topic at hand isn't specifically American.