Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
All-american ads
English answer:
representative of American ideals
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Kim Metzger
Aug 19, 2004 13:39
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English term
All-american ads
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Does that mean typically american or the best ?
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Dec 6, 2005 02:40: Kim Metzger changed "Field" from "Other" to "Art/Literary"
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Kim Metzger
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representative of American ideals
All-American
1. Representative of the people of the United States or their ideals; typically American: an all-American family; their all-American generosity. 2. Sports Chosen as the best amateur in the United States at a particular position or event: an all-American fullback. 3. Composed entirely of Americans or American materials: an all-American negotiating team; cars of all-American manufacture. 4. Of all the American nations: an all-American conference.
NOUN: often All-American An all-American athlete.
http://www.bartleby.com/61/59/A0205900.html
1. Representative of the people of the United States or their ideals; typically American: an all-American family; their all-American generosity. 2. Sports Chosen as the best amateur in the United States at a particular position or event: an all-American fullback. 3. Composed entirely of Americans or American materials: an all-American negotiating team; cars of all-American manufacture. 4. Of all the American nations: an all-American conference.
NOUN: often All-American An all-American athlete.
http://www.bartleby.com/61/59/A0205900.html
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Now I understand very well the concept. Truly american helped too. Thank you all."
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Ritu Bhanot
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Advertisements that are completely american in essence
Yes, it means typically american.
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Ramesh Madhavan
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typically/traditionally American OR: only by/for Americans
Difficult to say which, without context.
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RHELLER
: only for Americans sounds quite anti-business, anti-profit, and discriminatory
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Maybe, maybe not — but is that relevant? We don't even know the context.
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Tony M
: No, all-American has a very specific cultural meaning --- though that might make such ads only SUITABLE for the American market :-)
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I do realize that.
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Nizamettin Yigit
: I agree with Dusty
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Michel A.
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ads which target only the american market
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Ritu Bhanot
: An all-american/ typically american advertisement can be targetted to any market!!! That's how we get the term americanisation of "industry/ culture" that is so evident in lots of countries.
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RHELLER
: not the meaning here, sorry
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Tony M
: ...echoing Rita's and Skymail's comments...
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Nizamettin Yigit
: Similar of NG Kramer's point.
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COMMENT (not for grading)
Here's what New Shorter OED has to say on the subject:
[headword: all]... Special combs., as all-American a.
(a) representing the whole of, or only, America or the USA;
(b) [colloq.] truly American
[headword: all]... Special combs., as all-American a.
(a) representing the whole of, or only, America or the USA;
(b) [colloq.] truly American
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Paul Dixon
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American in approach
These ads would be American in all aspects, from the situations used (baseball instead of cricket, for example), the slang, choice of people and the product as well. As they say, "as American as apple pie"!
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Nizamettin Yigit
: there is at least one correct answer that has better timing
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