That sounds like a TV blurb. Here's what I've found on the old use of the word:
[Britisher and Americaner
David Pike writes: Ronald HIlton referred (09/28/05) to Niall Ferguson as “a Britisher.” The terms Britisher and Americaner surfaced during the First World War, when German propagandists were eager to remind the British and the Americans of their Germanic roots, and more precisely the error ot the Britishers in going to war with their close cousins and the importance to the Americaners of staying out of something that was not their business. The propagandists could even refer to the Rhodes Scholarships, which Cecil Rhodes specifically limited to Britons, Commonwealth citizens, Americans and Germans.
Britischer in German does not exist. The term Americaner died out, but Britisher lingered on in some remote circles, notably Ireland.]
This is also the name of a mixed drink, with Bourbon.
Amerikaner, with a K, is more common since it's the common German word for Americans, but Americaner is the proper spelling of the drink, is still viable and used... and usable, I think.
What do you think?
I also have Canadianer.com, just because I..... AM....... CANADIAN. - You had to see the beer commercials
[Britisher and Americaner
David Pike writes: Ronald HIlton referred (09/28/05) to Niall Ferguson as “a Britisher.” The terms Britisher and Americaner surfaced during the First World War, when German propagandists were eager to remind the British and the Americans of their Germanic roots, and more precisely the error ot the Britishers in going to war with their close cousins and the importance to the Americaners of staying out of something that was not their business. The propagandists could even refer to the Rhodes Scholarships, which Cecil Rhodes specifically limited to Britons, Commonwealth citizens, Americans and Germans.
Britischer in German does not exist. The term Americaner died out, but Britisher lingered on in some remote circles, notably Ireland.]
This is also the name of a mixed drink, with Bourbon.
Amerikaner, with a K, is more common since it's the common German word for Americans, but Americaner is the proper spelling of the drink, is still viable and used... and usable, I think.
What do you think?
I also have Canadianer.com, just because I..... AM....... CANADIAN. - You had to see the beer commercials
