>>>>> America is a continent. The people call themselves Americans.
>>>>
>>>>Don't bring this up... it... makes... me...angry.
>>>
>>>Say what? You mean because I didn't say "North America is a continent" or that I (in my haste) committed the heinous crime of lumping canucks in with yanks?
>>>
>>>I apologise for either/both.
>>
>>No need to apologize!
>>
>>You got it. The term "American" is a double mistake.
>>1) There is no continent called America (only North America and South America) so nobody should be called an American
>>2) Refering to people United States of America as Americans is a misunderstanding of the descriptive nature of the name. A better name would be "Unionists" or "UnitedStaters", though I realize that Unionist has some civil war connotations. How about USA'er?
>
>How about US? We like short terms! :)

And the rest of the world would be 'THEM'? ;)