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Who or what is an American?
General usage in the Enlish speaking world is to refer to citizens of the USA as "Americans" and their country as "America". However, it seems to me that Canadians, Mexicans and all people in Central and South America are also Americans, just as the Germans, Swedes, French and British are all Europeans. In fact when I was in Buenos Aires a couple of years back I made reference to "Americans" I was told politely, but firmly "Please don't call them Americans. We are also Americans, and besides, we were here first."
So why have we let the Johnny-come-lately citizens of the USA usurp the words "America" and "Americans"? By the way, the US and US citizens is not correct either, since we have the United States of Mexico bordering the USA.
Just my stir for the day
Geoff
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