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[quote=Anonymous]I have never seen this as an issue. I think of myself as American and regularly refer to U.S. residents as Americans. But I was recently called out on this by a Canadian friend who said that they (and Central and South Americans) take offense at us calling ourselves "American", as though the rest of North American and South America don't exist. My response is that it's a shortening of "United State of America" not a reference to the continent I live on. And I can't think of any other countries in North or South America who use America in their country name. What else would say we are? United Statesian? Also, if I were going to refer to my larger region (like Europeans or Asians or Africans) I would say I'm North American, not simply American. But, liberal me wants to do the right thing. Have you thought about this and how do you refer to yourself if not as an "American"?[/quote]
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