america is a continent is not a country like
mexico = mexican
canada = canadian
china = chinese
USA =??? (is not american)
give me a real word not something ironic
2006-09-10 10:19:02 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Other - Entertainment
son tan egocéntricos que creen que son lo mas importante del continente, o peor, quizá no sepanq ueexisten otros paises que conforman el continente Americano (más aun..muchos paises americanos, -centroamericanos- fueron descubiertos aun antes de que se pisaran tierras de los EUA) yo te entiendo, a mi tambien me molesta que se digan "americans" We´re all americans!...(and if I say it like this, it´s kind of cute...)
2006-09-11 16:21:21 · answer #1 · answered by ericamartinv 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok, I thought, since that the name of our country does contain the word "America" and plus we've been calling ourselves Americans before the American Revolution, that we should be calling ourselves americans.
The way you see it, technically somebody in Peru would be calling himself an American, because is Peru not in South America? But I think all that crap would get confusing.
2006-09-10 17:23:54 · answer #2 · answered by hermione_bjc_06 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It might just have something to do with the official title of our country being The United States of America. I don't think that Mexico, or Canada have America in their name. As for China: what the hell? China is in Asia, and chinese people are Asian.
You are a silly child.
2006-09-10 17:23:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
i dont call myself American - thank goodness
and yes dude, America IS the name of the country - the United States of America, people just say "America" cos its shorter
do you want them to call themselves United States of American?
2006-09-10 17:45:22 · answer #4 · answered by punkrockprincess 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because an American is a cut above the rest, which is why we are hated and envied by all others so much.....
Im an American, born & raised right here in the good ole U.S.A!!!!
2006-09-10 17:21:09 · answer #5 · answered by Katz 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
because when we first formed the united states people assumed we would comand the continint..canada was not yet a country so we were the onyl internationally recognized americans.
2006-09-10 17:21:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
north american.
2006-09-10 17:22:43 · answer #7 · answered by god 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Uh...is it that big of a deal to you?? What do you propose we call ourselves? United Statesians? Find a soapbox actually worth standing on! This is silly!
2006-09-10 17:21:58 · answer #8 · answered by peachy78 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
USA is United States of AMERICA, genius.
2006-09-10 17:22:33 · answer #9 · answered by ? 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
ecause we live in america so were called aerican
if u live in chine ur chinese i u live in mexico ur mexican it like a easyier version than saying im from mexico and im mexican
2006-09-10 17:23:18 · answer #10 · answered by chinesekid61394 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋