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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So other American countries.. such as those of central, north, and South America...

They call us ..

“Americans” or “americanos” right?

They don’t call us “el gente de los estados unidos” or “personas de EEUU.”[/quote]

Do you speak spanish or are you trying to make this up? They call us estado-unidense (plural estado-unidenses). "United stateser" is a direct translation, but that's not a word. American is the direct translation into English. [/quote]

That answers my question. 
But since we can’t go around saying I’m a United statser... American is the next thing we have.

lol a little because conversationally most people don’t go around saying “I’m american” constantly. But it does come up.

Does PBS’s “The American Experience” cover some portions of non US history too?[/quote]

"U.S. Citizen" is perfectly good phrase to use instead of American. [/quote]

No. "I'm proud to be a US Citizen" does not have the same ring as "I'm proud to be an American."[/quote]
+1,000[/quote]

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