American-ness

[Russell Turpin]

Owen Byrne:
>Except that other countries don't usurp the continent's name. When we say 
>"Arabs" we don't mean someone from the United Arab Emirates, and Africans 
>don't all come from South Africa.

Perhaps part of the problem is that a some nations have
names that are hard to apply to their citizens. UAE is
an example: What DO you  call someone from that nation?
The US is another example. If not Americans, what are we?

USians? No.

Yankees? Not down here in Texas.

South Canadians?



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