She gave you a good answer. Deal with it.

Here's a question for next week's show. "Name a s****y little island nation that used to be a world power."

If during our "edumication" (sorry, cheap shot) we were asked who we are as a nation, it would be an easy question to answer. We are Native Americans, British, French, Germans, Swedes, Italians, African Americans, Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, Mexicans, Canadians, Iraqis, Poles, Russians, Bosnians, on and on and on. We are all Americans now and this is what gives us our strength. The phrase "melting pot" is apt. The mix of people from every nation on earth, U.S. citizens now, is truly unprecedented in human history. I am an American, of typically mixed ancestry, and proud to be one. "When you're running down my country, man, you're walking on the fighting side of me" -- Merle Haggard.


>Yes we all know that but, as I said, a Canadian is also an American. Tell me why the country isn't just called America (I know it is popularly, just as someone from the DR of Congo calls himself congolese, or from the Czech Republic calls himself Czech). In a way you have a nerve to call yourselves as if the continent(s) is/are yours, and you don't even cover the majority of it.
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>Anyway, this wasn't couched as a quiz for you - I just wondered if during your edumication one of your teachers, as part of the curriculum will say "Now, children, who can tell me what our REAL nationality is ...". I didn't make up the question
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>>Geographically correct or not, whether it can be used by nationals of any other country on this continent or not, American is still correct.
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>>In all other countries, citizens of the U.S. are referred to as 'Americans.' In fact, people on the street will ask you if you are German, American, English, etc. It is the common term used worldwide. Also, it is used in most references as well:
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>>http://kiev.usembassy.gov/amcit_misc_dualnat_eng.html
>>http://www.puertoricousa.com/english/history.htm
>>http://www.wave.net/upg/immigration/resource.html
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