"I appreciate a good wise-ass comment as much as the next person and you had me until laughing until your last word.  (The error is due to my having both dyslexia and photographic memory.  Once a word, even a misspelling is imprinted into brain its very difficult for me to correct that information.  I've always misspelled Colombia, even though Columbia is closer to the original Latinization of Columbus' name, the person for whom Colombia is named.  You're ridiculing a disabled person! That's a felony in this country, pal.  You're going to PC prison!  You'll hear the rythmic thudding of the jackboots of the Thought Police at your door...very soon...)   

 But ""Yanqui"" is going to far.  That word is a slur on my nationality. By contrast, Norteamericano is merely inaccurate when applied only to Americans since both Canada, Mexico & Central America are geographically part of North America.  But Yanqui is a hate word. As offensive as ""greaser"" to a Mexican or ""kike"" to an Italian Jew or ""nigger"" to an African-American or ""redskin"" is to an American Indian (I am descended,in part, from Cherokee chiefs , African-American slaves, as well Jews, so I don't want to hear any whining; my wife and daughter are of Spanish, Aztec and Mayan descent so I find all of these terms derogatory as well). There's no doubt it's a term of abuse Daniel.  What if someone labelled you a ""spic""?  Whatever your nationality, it would be offensive, so I take serious umbrage to your using one just as vicious toward me because I am an American. But since I am an American, whatever foul epithets hurled at me seem to be ok with the powers that be at wikipedia.   

  
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