Surprised the crusaders haven’t appeared yet saying “American” includes every country in the Americas… Canadians, Mexicans, Panamanians, Brazilians etc etc :-)
Well South Africa is not the only country in the south of Africa if we are gonna go around getting bent out of shape by such petty shit. The other countries in the Americas all have their own distinctive names and don’t want to be called americans, it’s a non issue
Right, so it’s not literally America. United States of America is the country, while just the word America represents all the countries in the Americas
Surprised the crusaders haven’t appeared yet saying “American” includes every country in the Americas… Canadians, Mexicans, Panamanians, Brazilians etc etc :-)
Every Canadian I’ve ever met doesn’t like to be called American. Don’t know about the other countries, but I’d assume it’s the same.
Yeah for real 😅 who would want to claim that? Lol
I think some just dislike that one country claims the demonym of two whole continents.
Well South Africa is not the only country in the south of Africa if we are gonna go around getting bent out of shape by such petty shit. The other countries in the Americas all have their own distinctive names and don’t want to be called americans, it’s a non issue
Don’t get me wrong, “american” now caries connotations I want nothing to do with.
Wait, when David Bowie sang “I’m Afraid of Americans,” was he singing about us Canadians too?? This never even occurred to me as a possibility.
They prefer North American in my experience, if not simply Canadian.
I’m quite happy not placing myself in the same American bucket, not sure why anyone would say that.
Amazingly there were a bunch of them… 🤷I can’t figure it out either
If everyone on two continents is an American, then how are people from the one country literally called America supposed to differentiate themselves?
Am I wrong in saying it’s not literally called America? I thought it was called United States
…of America
USA buddy, the A stands for America
Right, so it’s not literally America. United States of America is the country, while just the word America represents all the countries in the Americas
Exactly
USAers or United Statesians
Oh fuck
in german they are often called US-Americans, though Americans is usually understood aswell.