“Those Americans are SO violent”.....
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Canada, the US and Mexico are all North Americans. Then you have Central America and South America.
ALL are Americans, if you apply the same practice of naming people based on the large classification of their continent; i.e., Europeans, Africans, Asians, etc.
Not picking at you, Amberdawn. It’s just one of those little irritants that stir me up when the term “American” is used to only refer to people in the US.
I similarily get riled when people use the term “Native American” instead of American Indian, which properly refers to the Indians throughout the continent. ...I’m a native American, since I was born here; but, I’m NOT an American Indian. Most of Amerind heritage that I have talked with about this indicate they prefer to be called American Indians.
Sorry to all for being so wordy. Just thoughts I had to get out.
“ALL are Americans, if you apply the same practice of naming people based on the large classification of their continent; i.e., Europeans, Africans, Asians, etc.”
“Americans” for all it matters, refers solely to the citizens
of the United States. Canada is the hat of the North American
continent and Mexico the socks. Mexicans are not Americans
and the same for Canadians. In your context, “North American”
would be true. Who wants to be called that?
I’ve heard others say this as well, and there is movement afoot to rename U.S. citizens. So, what will we be call ourselves? “United Statesians”?
As far as I’m concerned, the Americans are us here in the USA.
Canadians aren’t Americans, Mexicans are not Ameicans.