Referring to people from USA as "American"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:North America and South America are [/b]separate continents [b]based on geology.

Also, it's NAFTA, not AFTA. (And in Spanish it's Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte)

But even if it were one continent, the same word is often used for two different meanings. Language is flexible that way. American referring to the US. Or American referring to one of the American continents. Depending on context. Not too hard to understand.

A big chunk of humanity disagree. Based on geology, Europe and Asia should be a single continent, but most people distinguish them to be two continents. Based on history, obviously America is only one continent. At the very least, that is how Europeans described the new continent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I prefer 'Murican

Fuck yeah!

Say it sister!

[Anonymous]

Where did you find this article and who wrote it?

I'm Canadian. Born and raised. I have never heard someone from Canada refer to themselves as "American." Not even North American.

[Anonymous]

I've never heard the British referred to as the Great British.

Further when we call someone a NYer it implies the person is from the the city of, even though I guess technically someone from Albany could call themselves an NYer.


If we are going to explore this please tell me why are people from Wales, Welsh not Walsian.

GEEZ. None of this matters.

[Anonymous]

OP, I would love to see a link to this article. I've gone through a few pages on Google now, and can't find a single reference to Canadians calling themselves Americans.

[Anonymous]

I live overseas, and if I say "I'm from the U.S.," most people respond with, "Oh, so you're American?"

[Anonymous]

Interesting, the world's oldest regional international organization, including all countries in south, central, and North America, as well as the Caribbean, is the OAS -- Organization of American States.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is this important?

Its not important but often on this site people like to downplay national pride in favor of being a good world citizen. Americans - oops, I mean citizens of the United States - are entitled, boorish, fat, treat solders like heroes, need big houses, need big cars, etc, etc.


By-product of a liberal bias. Part of the plan to systematically attack all of the things that made the country great.



United States'er - just wow.

I am guessing that if you poll the seven billion people in the world and ask them who the american are, we are all pretty much on the same page. Canadians are not Americans and I am pretty sure they don't think they are.

I was the poster that asked why this is important.
You have pretty much said what I was thinking.
Eight pages of comments on this silly question - wow.
I call myself American. I frankly don’t care what others think.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

A big chunk of humanity disagree. Based on geology, Europe and Asia should be a single continent, but most people distinguish them to be two continents. Based on history, obviously America is only one continent. At the very least, that is how Europeans described the new continent.

Which history? What history?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

A big chunk of humanity disagree. Based on geology, Europe and Asia should be a single continent, but most people distinguish them to be two continents. Based on history, obviously America is only one continent. At the very least, that is how Europeans described the new continent.

Which history? What history?

Geography and geology more than history. The American Continent is a single continuous land-mass. The "Rockes' run all the way down it's Western edge.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is this important?

Its not important but often on this site people like to downplay national pride in favor of being a good world citizen. Americans - oops, I mean citizens of the United States - are entitled, boorish, fat, treat solders like heroes, need big houses, need big cars, etc, etc.


By-product of a liberal bias. Part of the plan to systematically attack all of the things that made the country great.



United States'er - just wow.

I am guessing that if you poll the seven billion people in the world and ask them who the american are, we are all pretty much on the same page. Canadians are not Americans and I am pretty sure they don't think they are.

I was the poster that asked why this is important.
You have pretty much said what I was thinking.
Eight pages of comments on this silly question - wow.
I call myself American. I frankly don’t care what others think.

Our neighbors to the South find it important. It bugs them. A huge part of our economic future is tied to the developing markets in South America, particularly Brazil. Learning to navigate those relationships is important for business and politics going forward.

"Don't care what others think..." thanks for demonstrating exactly the type of arrogant, narrow-minded, parochial, self-absorbed attitude that bugs people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is this important?

Its not important but often on this site people like to downplay national pride in favor of being a good world citizen. Americans - oops, I mean citizens of the United States - are entitled, boorish, fat, treat solders like heroes, need big houses, need big cars, etc, etc.


By-product of a liberal bias. Part of the plan to systematically attack all of the things that made the country great.



United States'er - just wow.

I am guessing that if you poll the seven billion people in the world and ask them who the american are, we are all pretty much on the same page. Canadians are not Americans and I am pretty sure they don't think they are.

I was the poster that asked why this is important.
You have pretty much said what I was thinking.
Eight pages of comments on this silly question - wow.
I call myself American. I frankly don’t care what others think.

Our neighbors to the South find it important. It bugs them. A huge part of our economic future is tied to the developing markets in South America, particularly Brazil. Learning to navigate those relationships is important for business and politics going forward.

"Don't care what others think..." thanks for demonstrating exactly the type of arrogant, narrow-minded, parochial, self-absorbed attitude that bugs people.

Oh, please. If our “economic future” and relationships with countries to our south hinge on whether we call ourselves “Americans” then our foreign relations are really in the toilet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

A big chunk of humanity disagree. Based on geology, Europe and Asia should be a single continent, but most people distinguish them to be two continents. Based on history, obviously America is only one continent. At the very least, that is how Europeans described the new continent.

Which history? What history?

Geography and geology more than history. The American Continent is a single continuous land-mass. The "Rockes' run all the way down it's Western edge.

North America and South America have separate geologic histories and are on separate plates. The "single continuous landmass" only dates back 3 million years. Geologically, the Isthmus of Panama was practically created yesterday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I simply can't muster the energy to give two shits that people from other countries are annoyed by what we call ourselves.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

A big chunk of humanity disagree. Based on geology, Europe and Asia should be a single continent, but most people distinguish them to be two continents. Based on history, obviously America is only one continent. At the very least, that is how Europeans described the new continent.

Which history? What history?

1492 doesn't ring a bell? European colonization?