[zaxtres]

The USA belongs to the American people of the United States of America. Fixed it. There are two Americas - North and South. Only North America has the United States and only the people of the United States own the United States of America. People in South America also call themselves Americans because they too are of the Americas. Definition of the word "of" for this context: used as a function word to indicate the component material, parts, or elements or the contents (throne of gold) (cup of water)

[crusher2013]

The American people used to be understood to mean US citizens. But you’re right in that we need to be more precise in today’s world.

[wintertime]

I have visited Costa Rica many times to attend language school. My last visit with my husband was for 6 months. With each visit we stayed with Spanish-only speaking families.

I've had enough contact with Costa Ricans to be thoroughly sick of the political correctness.

If I can learn to say San Jose, Costa Rica, they can have the courtesy to learn to say New York or New Jersey instead of Nueva York or Nueva Jersey. They could also learn to say United States of America instead of estados unidos.

It is rudeness on the part of Spanish speakers not to use the actual name of our nation, its states, or our major cities.

I also find it irritating that they would refer to me as a “norteamerica”. I am an Americano or ciudana de los United States of AMERICA. If our president can say, “My fellow **AMEIRCANS**....” then that is what were **are**. Americans! We are the only nation in the world with the name of United States of **America***. If Costa Ricans want to called Americans then they should change the name of their country to Estados Costarricense de America.

Toward the end of my last visit to Costa Rica I refused to use anything but the English names of any place in the United States of **AMERICA** and I corrected anyone who called me a norteamericana.