Canadians are Americans like Mexicans, Cubans, Peruvians, and Brazilians are Americans. Columbus discovered America, not the United States. In Canada we always say, "We're not American," this is the only country we directly relate to in the world. Other countries we can drive to, like Mexico or Nicaragua, we totally ignore. "The US" as we say is our cultural centre. A little patochial.
Canadians are Americans
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i tend to agree but what would you say to a Scotsman or Irish or welsh are they British they think not and have separated themselves with separate parliaments would having a separate government mean you are no longer part of that country or would you have to become total independent to be able to say that you are not american
It's a debate centered around splitting hairs.
I'm North American, not simply American. To say simply American implies you are discussing someone from the US, given modern usage of the term. If you want to try to change modern usage, all the more power to you, but, it's kind of nit picky.
"North" Ameircan, hyphenated people. Like South Americans. This is something commonly understood in Mexico or Brazil, but not in Canada. But we don't commonly say America like most of the world does. Brazil and Mexico do not use "America" either, Canadians have something in common here with Latin Americans.
A subtle difference that preserves sanity like a floatation device. I think dog will know better.
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Splitting hairs? When we say this term North America, we neglect to include Mexico and two dozen other countries that speak Spanish in our tight little English speaking twosome. This is parochial. So why are we different from the US here? American means only one country and North America only two.
North America is commonly known to have to countries only Canada and the U.S. This is a misnomer North America with these two countries is really called Anglo-America.
Actually you're first and foremost American, as both North, Central and South America are what make up the Americas in the first place.
The only reason why people in the US call themselves Americans, or The Americans over everyone else, is because they got it in their name, while every other country doesn't.
I mean, one could simply call them The United States..... but being Nit Picky as you say, they're The United States of America.
But then, if we want to stay on that track.... we're Canada of America.
Then there's Cuba of America, Brazil of America, Columbia of America....
Worf Son of Mogh.
And so on.....
I mean, not being picky would be just saying Worf.
or Praxius rather then Shanicus Praxius Maximus the Third: Destroyer of Civilizations and Ruler of the Underworld
Meh, even that's a bit too formal.... Call me Prax
This subject seems to never go away.
LOL !!!
I started in 2005 and this subject comes around and around and around.
Another thread awhile ago suggested the word: USonians.
Rrrrufff.
Kibbles and bits.
Schnausages .....
LOL !!!
I started in 2005 and this subject comes around and around and around.
Another thread awhile ago suggested the word: USonians.
Rrrrufff.
Kibbles and bits.
Schnausages .....
Actually we're more closer to Australia then the US. The only thing that links us together are our similar accents and the side of the road we drive on.... other then that, there's not a whole lot of unique similarities that tie us directly to the US as being from the US.
Market and trade is a no brainer, they're the closest to deal with.... that doesn't make us or them anymore American or Canadian as opposed to the other.
Our Governments are operated much more differently and ours matches that of the UK and Australia.
Universal Health care issues differ from each country, where our perspectives match that of the UK or Australia.
Gun Control laws are much more different in the US as opposed to Canada, Australia or the UK.
Besides calling our currency Dollars, driving on the same side of the road and watching the same reruns on TV as those in the US, there isn't anything distinctive that ties us together in any unique manner compared to other developed countries.
And sharing the longest undefended/unarmed border in the world.... oh wait, that's no longer the case anymore.... but if it was, it still doesn't make us the same people.
Yeah, and I brought it up back in Grade 10 in 1996 in History class.....
but I think it's because the word America is in their name United States of America, that it's much more easier to call people from the US "Americans" over others who live in the Americas.
That and they're the only country in the Americas that I'm aware of that celebrate Columbus Day.... even though Columbus discovered the Bahamas and parts of Central/South America and not really any part of the US itself.
To me, it just seems the US sorta took over the term "America/Americans" as their own, which isn't all that politically correct in this time and age
Hell, when I was in elementary school, we were Canadians. Nobody questioned the Americans were the loud but good-natured folks who invaded every summer with big boats and colourful licence plates. We were humble - as we collected the great wads of cash they seemed to delight in tossing about. We were smug when a weekend sailor, flying Old Glory the size of a sail, would hang up on a marked sandbar us lowly locals knew enough to avoid. We always were Canadian. Maybe it was the pride in being can-do Canadians that let the Americans lay claim to the name of a whole continent or two. Or ... maybe it's because they don't have a unique name they can call their own.
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Panama belongs to Panama. (I was there for that one.)
Grenada belongs to Grenada. We just got rid of the Cubans that were trying to take it over. Forgot that part didn't you?
Hawaii is a state
Iraq will be Iraq's
We don't own space.
God...well that is just ridiculous.
This subject has got to be the most picayune whining I will see over and over again.
LOL !!!
Anybody up for USonians ? The answer is simple it's easier to say laps than lengths in swim team jargon. Technically a lap is two lengths, but we swimmers prefer the easier word, laps to mean only one length. Ask any swimmer.
And none of you non-USonians go around proclaiming you're Americans when you're a tourist anywhere !!!
We took over God, Darkbeaver ????
Wow.
LOL !!!
Anybody up for USonians ? The answer is simple it's easier to say laps than lengths in swim team jargon. Technically a lap is two lengths, but we swimmers prefer the easier word, laps to mean only one length. Ask any swimmer.
And none of you non-USonians go around proclaiming you're Americans when you're a tourist anywhere !!!
We took over God, Darkbeaver ????
Wow.