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[quote=Anonymous]Let's not be psycho-rigid here. Can you agree, OP, that the term "American" to refer to US citizens is in common usage and is therefore acceptable to a majority of people around the world? I can agree that the term might be considered offensive to other residents of the American continent, but let's be frank here: the most powerful nations on earth usually drive the development of language and customs in their domain of influence - which today comprises the whole world, with globalization and all. There was a time when French was the language of diplomacy because France was more powerful than the UK, Spain or the Netherlands. They got to name many things which are now integrated in the English language today. There will come a time when the dominant language will not be English anymore but something else, probably something Asian. Language only makes sense when you see it as part of the global power game. [/quote]
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