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Originally Posted by Lianachan
You should try being Scottish and constantly seeing the UK referred to as "England", and all British people called "English". It's infuriating, especially from people who should know better.
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I make darned sure never to do that. When in doubt, go with British.
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Originally Posted by korjik
I have never understood that the problem with calling an american an american is. Do citizens of Brazil or Argentina or Colombia or Canada call themseves americans?
the useage I have come across is identical to Lianachans. An american person is someone from the USA. An american creature is generally understood to be from either continent, tho most of the time it is indicated which continent.
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Again, I don't mind people from the US being called American. No one really does. The problem is when "America" is used as a synonym for "USA." Look at it from my perspective. More of North America is in Canada than in the US. And the US is a very small part of the Americas.