Wikiquote:Votes for deletion/American proverbs

American proverbs
First, these are almost all unsourced; the few that have some semblence of sourcing can be moved to English proverbs. Second, I have no idea what distinguishes "American proverbs" from "English proverbs" except that they are apparently asserted (again, without sources) to be "American". There are a great many sources available for proverbs, but they seem to divide by language, not nationality. — BD2412 T 00:44, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Vote closes: 01:00, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete. Spannerjam 09:35, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete I suppose there could be American proverbs, from the works of American authors or taken from Native Americans, but that would have to be demonstrated.--Collingwood 12:58, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Even if they were derived from the work of American authors, and used only in the U.S. (and probably only in a region of it, at that), they would would still be English language proverbs. BD2412 T 14:43, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
 * If they are always classified just by language, why do we have Jewish proverbs?--Collingwood (talk) 21:46, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure we should - even aside from that page currently being completely unsourced. Some of those look to be not particularly proverbial at all. Some look like fairly universal proverbs, not restricted to a particular culture. BD2412 T 22:21, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete, per nom. ~ UDScott 14:08, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete as granfalloonery. As I opined a while back: "English language proverbs broken out by nationality, ethnicity, or dialect seem problematic to me. [...] Is the point to determine where they are currently popular, where they are distinctively characteristic, or where they originated? It looks as if the practice often merely reflects where the contributor happens to live! The average contributor, IMO, is not competent to classify them; and even serious researchers are sorely pressed to sort them out. [¶] From an anti-chauvinistic perspective, I would be pleased to have Americanisms, Briticisms (or "Britishisms," to use an Americanism), and all the rest comingled. The great English language proverbs are pan-Anglophone, and if colloquial ones are proverbial enough to be included, let them mingle promiscuously with the rest (using notes on origins as appropriate)." ~ Ningauble 18:42, 15 February 2012 (UTC)