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

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

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]

I am corrected to by other Spanish speakers but guess what? I don't care. If Mexican's don;t refer to them selves as US'ers even though US is in their name that it their problem.  America is in the USA name. The French refer to us as American. Everyone understands that  American means us as in the USA.

For what it is worth, I was born in South America. If you want to sound silly and say I am American when you really mean Peruvian or Chilean who is not a Peruvian-American or Chilean-American, by all means do so. But you will look silly. It;s like someone from peekskill syaing they are New Yorkers. No, you are from upstate NY. Deal with it.

Other people being sensitive about it should not be our concern. Sorry. [/quote]

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