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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think you are splitting hairs. North American is accurate, but so is American.  [/quote]

OP here. [b]When I refer to myself as "American" I am corrected often by Spanish speakers[/b].

I'm not trying to split hairs.

Mexico is also the United States of Mexico, but no one refers to them (in Spanish) as United Statesers. [/quote]

Are you speaking English or Spanish when this happens?[/quote]

OP here. We're speaking english! This is the issue. I wouldn't refer to myself as Americano in Spanish.

And the Canadian calling himself American?? LOL North American, yes of course. [/quote]

I would say that when you (plural you) are speaking English, the correct word is "American", and when you're speaking Spanish, the correct word is "estadounidense".

Especially since [b]there is no continent called "America"[/b]. The continents are North America and South America. People from Canada, the US, Mexico, and the countries in Central America are all North Americans. People from the countries in South America are South Americans. [/quote]

You have been taught that there is no continent called America.  Most people in the world, and all Latin Americans, are taught differently.  [/quote]

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