Why do people from the USA just call themselves Americans?

Question

I find this quite odd. Why do people from the USA just call themselves americans, while people from other countries are americans too? I'm Colombian and that makes me just as american as anyone born in the States. Does anyone have a good answer in why do you call yourselves americans?

Don't tell me that you are because you were born in America. The USA is just a part of America. Canadians, Mexicans, Colombians, Argentinians are all americans.

Spanish is the only language that has a correct name for those who were born in the States: "Estadounidense" Sounds long and nasty, but its correct.

I'm not giving people from the USA a lecture, I just think that you're more than americans. You're from the United States.

Answer 1

yes, in fact countries like mexico that is estados unidos mexicanos is also in america and is also in the north so Mexico can be named as well Mexican united states of america. You can call yourself american.we all are americans. and americans have no name. I've thought of it before. North americans??? mexicans and canadians are North americans too.. I am sorry I agree with the question, but i have no answer..

Answer 2

Every other country in North America and South America have other names. Canada, Mexico, etc. The true name for us is The United States of America . . . a group of American states that are united. My guess is the name is simply derived from the last word, "America" and over time it's come to represent people of the U.S.A. No one would argue there are other countries that make up North and South America.

Answer 3

it somewhat is an idiomatic mistake that has remained, and that the U. S. with the aid of its way of existence has pushed foreign places (to different continents like Asia or Africa). once I return and forth in Latin u . s . a . I continuously hear that whinge, by using fact there they call us Estadounidenses or North human beings (that's additionally not superb suited, yet possibly extra superb suited than American). i don't think of that maximum US electorate think of that they are extra suited, that's in simple terms an abbreviation from u . s . a .. additionally it comes from the Italian cartographer Amerigo Vespussi who made a map of South u . s . a . and a sprint of established u . s . a .. analyzing particularly some the responses right here make me unhappy to be sure what share teenagers do not even know this person-friendly piece of historic information, that's amazingly unhappy certainly

Answer 4

It is a convention of speech that developed over time. The French also have a way of saying US. The Japanese call us the "Rice Country", it's just a convention of speech. It has a lot to do with the geography and with the tendency of language to go to easiest way to say a thing. I'm a United Statesian? I'm an American. Figure the syllables involved. Get over it.

Answer 5

Yes you are an American too... You are South American, in the US we are North American. All Americas, still different countries even different continents.

Answer 6

I personally never though about it..but don't really follow the question either. i call myself an american because i was born in the united states of america...so american, for me, comes from the ending of that in america...though im from jersey, i will tell people i have from nj if talking to someone in the states...people from other countries call themselves, for example, ecuadorians, because they are from their country of ecuador...people from the usa base it on their country..america...we are not basing it on the north american continent...thats just a theory though..i could be way off. i just got back from dominican republic..and if someone asked where i was from..id say US..then if they said where from..id say new jersey...my friends faqmily lives in ecuador..his parents are from there, but he was born in the states..and his family from ecuador laugh when he says he is ecuadorian, telling him, "no ur not, you're american"..so its not just people from USA calling us americans, its other countries as well

Answer 7

The United States is a virtual mixing pot of different people! It would be too much to get into detail about exactly what we are because truth be told there is no true defintion.We simply say we are American to unite us as one.No matter what race or ethnicity or what country your from,we all fall under one category and unite when we say we are American!

Answer 8

It's too hard to say "United States of Americans" quickly enough. I know what you mean though.

Answer 9

Because UnitedStatesofAmericans is too long, especially for the hyphenated minorities. Can you imagine having to call someone an African-UnitedStatesofAmerican? And United Statesers sounds dumb.

Answer 10

I agree with you, but why are you posting this? haha. I mean it's pretty much a retorical question, yeah? Pues, i guess you could get a good response. But ya, in english i guess you could just say United States Citizen, but ya i have heard spanish is the only one to have an actual term for it! Anyways.. i don't say it so it does matter! Soy mexicano! =)