USAmerican?

[Sister Golden Hair]

Originally posted by Ragnarok
Alright boys and girls lets do the math....

United States of America

United States (my country) + of America (the continent) = U.S. Americans

Also note that by stating U.S. a person is defining the particular region of the American continent that the person is refering to. I think people use the term to avoid confusion.... it isn't suppose to be offensive or disrespectful. As I've said before, I don't have a problem with it.

Hmmm, this is very confusing. Does this mean that New England is part of England. There are two seperate continents North America and South America. There is no American continent.

[Last Child of Ungoliant]

Originally posted by RÃ*an
Hey, "Staties" is pretty cute! I've never liked "Yanks" as a term for Americans, it's so harsh-sounding, and also has other connotations with our Civil War. I like "Brits" for GB people, but "Yanks" just never sounded good.

I like the "over the pond" expression - typical Brit understated humor! Is "across the puddle" still used for Brit/Europe?

yes, we do still say over t'puddle
and we use 'across the water' for uk/ireland

[Last Child of Ungoliant]

Originally posted by Sister Golden Hair
Hmmm, this is very confusing. Does this mean that New England is part of England. There are two seperate continents North America and South America. There is no American continent.

you are forgetting central america!!

over here we are taught, in school, the following

North America
USA - Americans
Canada
Mexico

Do you class Mexico as North American or Central American?

[brownjenkins]

Originally posted by Falagar
I like USAmerican. Think it sounds better, for some reason. But perhaps I should start calling you Staties, sounds even better.

Hehe, Staties...

i like it too... i've heard many refer to us as 'the states'... eventhough, when you live here the expression 'staties' usually means the state police... which is rarely a good thing

vespucci amerigo gets too much name recognition as it is

[Sister Golden Hair]

Originally posted by Last Child of Ungoliant
you are forgetting central america!!

over here we are taught, in school, the following

North America
USA - Americans
Canada
Mexico

Do you class Mexico as North American or Central American?

Central America is not a continent. It is an area consisting of countries like Panama, El Savador and Costa Rica. It extends from Guatemala to Panama. It is a region. The central American region is part of the North American continent just like the Middle East is part of the African and Asian continents.

Mexico is in the continent of North America.

[BeardofPants]

Originally posted by Sister Golden Hair
Why so defensiive? I just asked a question out of curiosity since the term is being used so broadly.

I wasn't being defensive. Just statin' my opinions, is all. *shrug*

Originally posted by RÃ*an
However, sadly, BoP also has a good point, and I can see why she decided to not use it anymore, since it irritates some people.

Thanks Rian, but I've never used the term. It's a bit too much of a mouthful (fingerful?) for me. I prefer US, states, stateside, or yanks (which *has* been known to draw some flack (some people have taken it to be derogatory, when it was only ever intended to be used in fun) , so again I deferred from using it).

Originally posted by RÃ*an
I like the "over the pond" expression - typical Brit understated humor! Is "across the puddle" still used for Brit/Europe?

We antipodeans use "across the ditch" to refer to either NZ or Aussie.

[Last Child of Ungoliant]

as part of GCSE geography, we are taught that Central America is one of the 3 American continents.
cultural differences are rife!!

[Rían]

Which reminds me - what continent is NZ part of, if any?

[Last Child of Ungoliant]

Originally posted by RÃ*an
Which reminds me - what continent is NZ part of, if any?

I would say Australasia, which we (in Britain )
are taught is now named Oceania

BoP, do you Underworlders still call us Pommies?

[Sister Golden Hair]

Originally posted by Last Child of Ungoliant
as part of GCSE geography, we are taught that Central America is one of the 3 American continents.
cultural differences are rife!!

Central America is not a continent.

[Rían]

Originally posted by Last Child of Ungoliant
BoP, do you Underworlders still call us Pommies?

Oh, that reminds me of something my youngest son used to say - he LOVED Thomas the Tank Engine, but couldn't say "Thomas" - he always called him "Pommy"!

[Nerdanel]

Yay!!

CANAmericans and USAmericans! Thanks for the terms gollum9630!

But SGH are you ok if people use USAmericans? Like I don't mean to sound hateful or something! I just thought it looked good and I like it, so I use it sometimes.

[BeardofPants]

Originally posted by Last Child of Ungoliant
I would say Australasia, which we (in Britain )
are taught is now named Oceania

BoP, do you Underworlders still call us Pommies?

We say Australasia, or Oceania. NOT Australia!

We call you lot whinging poms.

Originally posted by Sister Golden Hair
Central America is not a continent.

Yeah, as far as I know, there's only the two continents - north and south.

[gollum9630]

Originally posted by Nerdanel
CANAmericans and USAmericans! Thanks for the terms gollum9630!

As long as your using that piece of **** term ill call you a Finopean or a unionist, whichever you hate more

[BeardofPants]

A quick look at wikipedia lists some common continent naming conventions.

Here they are. Interestingly enough, the central american continent *is* listed as part of the nine continent model, however it is really uncommon. Interesting stuff. Personally, I subscribe to the six continent model, where Asia, and Europe become Eurasia. (Though I could be persuaded to buy into the five continent one where the Americas are one continent.)

[Bombadillo]

Oh, no... our lead admin has gone politically correct. We're doomed.

[Ragnarok]

Originally posted by Sister Golden Hair
Hmmm, this is very confusing. Does this mean that New England is part of England. There are two seperate continents North America and South America. There is no American continent.

I meant North America, next time I'll be more clear..

[Millane]

Originally posted by BeardofPants
We say Australasia, or Oceania. NOT Australia!

you mean New Zealand is not just another backward Australian state like Queensland

[HOBBIT]

I don't see the problem here.

Is anyone seriously suggesting that Americans shouldn't call themselves Americans?

This isn't a recent thing, it has been going on since 1776.

They lived on the continent of North America, so they called themselves Americans (the colonists that is). It seems like a no-brainer to me! Other countries chose not to go this route.

People from Canada call themselves Canadians.
People from Mexico call themselves Mexicans.
People from the USA call themselves Americans.

Problem? I think not.

The term "American" has come to mean a person from the USA, I'd say deal with it.

Have you ever seen it used to describe a Canadian or Mexican? I certainly haven't.

I'll try to get some more history on why we call ourselves Americans. I'm sure its more tradition than ego (it's not that we think we are the only worthy country on this continent).

Honestly, let's not be all politically correct here on entmoot. I'll continue calling Indians Indians too

And I'm proud to be an American.

[The Gaffer]

I'm proud to be a United Kingdomian