American-ness [was RE: even my dumb nontechnical anime group gets it -- why don't we?]

[Luis Villa]

On Wed, 2002-03-27 at 10:53, Joseph S. Barrera III wrote:
> > > I'm American, not Canadian.
> > 
> > Ah, you mean you're a Yank, a resident (or possibly a citizen)
> > of the United States.  Last time I looked, Canadians were Americans
> > by virtue of living on the same bleedin' continent as the Yanks and
> > the Mexicans.  Personally, I find perpetuation of the idea that
> > 'American' solely means 'U.S.' narrow-minded and boorish.
> 
> And personally, I find perpetuation of the idea that
> 'American' solely means 'North American' narrow-minded and boorish.

FWIW, most Latin Americans I know [granted, a skewed sub-section since
they are /mostly/ but not all Miamians] tend to use the US ~= American
convention, and prefer to have/use the specific 'Latino-americano'
(Latin American.)

Luis