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Gomsel
And Supertramp (?)
ingo
My Canadian friends correct you, when you call them "Americans". The difference to be Canadian is important for them. When they say "Americans", even "America", they mean the USA and US-citizens.
t0nkatracker
indeed, I wasn't saying that we don't use the word to describe ourselves, I was just stating that it is not the Proper name of our country and that we didn't steal the name. We are named after the continent we are on (much like RSA)which in its self is named after an Italian explorer
owlman
Indeed, for most people in the world, "America" = USA.
I noticed in Argentina, people simply said America or Americans when referring to South America... sounded strange to me
Here just "American" never means anything other than a USA resident.
Gomsel
What? In the USA all speak about america, americans... and in other parts of the world, the same.
t0nkatracker
"United States under the S.O.P.A. law should go to jail for using a name not belonging to it...or pay us the copyright."
I don't get your point, The first picture is the United States of America not simply AMERICA; which is a country on the continent of North America which itself is part of The Americas (the second picture) all of which were named after Amerigo Vespucci who was Italian. Furthermore the word America is not Copyrighted.
That's like saying the Republic of South Africa should pay a copyright to Africa...
Gomsel
Find the difference (???)
antp
Dunno why my post was duplicated?
Last post of a page is also shown at the top of the next page, in case the next one is a direct reply, to have a context.