Emigration or immigration

[RitcheyRch]

Anyone really understand the difference. They appear to be the same,
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/immigration
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/immigration

[Rexone]

Anyone really understand the difference. They appear to be the same,
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/immigration
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/immigration
Dude whatcha drinkin. I need to get me somea that chit.

[Wheeler]

To emigrate is to leave a country, esp. one’s own, intending to remain away. To immigrate is to enter a country, intending to remain there:: my aunt emigrated from Poland and immigrated to Canada.
Hope this helps.

[RitcheyRch]

Shit, pasted the wrong link on one of them.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/emigration
Dude whatcha drinkin. I need to get me somea that chit.

[RitcheyRch]

So emigrate is to leave and immigrate is to arrive. Very odd language we have.
Thanks for the help. When was reading them they sounded the same to me.
To emigrate is to leave a country, esp. one’s own, intending to remain away. To immigrate is to enter a country, intending to remain there:: my aunt emigrated from Poland and immigrated to Canada.
Hope this helps.

[uvindex]

Although people tend to use them interchangeably these days, the Oxford English Dictionary ("the" reference for our language) gives slightly different definitions for the words:
immigrate: 1. intr. To come to settle in a country (which is not one's own); to pass into a new habitat or place of residence (lit. and fig.).
emigrate: 1. intr. To remove out of a country for the purpose of settling in another.
Edit: Darn, Wheeler beat me to it.

[Wheeler]

So emigrate is to leave and immigrate is to arrive. Very odd language we have.
Thanks for the help. When was reading them they sounded the same to me.
Emigrate, is not of much use to us (U.S. citzens) we tend to like it here.

[Rexone]

emigrate: 1. intr. To remove out of a country for the purpose of settling in another.
this should be the first word the illegal immigrants are forced to learn after settling illegally in the US.

[My Man's Sportin' Wood]

Sounds like they are both just fancy words for "fence climber" :idea:

No, no, my grandmother and mother emigrated from Germany, they climbed no fences. And my Great-Grandfather emigrated from Belgium and homesteaded in South Dakota. Neither did he. They both learned the language right away and made their children speak English. They would have never dreamed of flying any flag other than the American one.
Fence climbers are criminals

[My Man's Sportin' Wood]

Um......it was a metaphor?
http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/5227/whistleon7.gif (http://imageshack.us)
Perhaps it was :idea: Could have been a generalization.