referred to as Americans? Why is it just people born in United States referred to as Americans?
2007-08-08 17:06:51 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
not just mexico and canada....the entire continent!! that means Central and South America
it's understood that americans are from the US, but the US shouldn't be referred to as America
2007-08-08 17:10:26 · answer #1 · answered by Carlos 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
LoL , I get what your talking about, but your right ! people from Mexico are also Americans, there's north America,south America etc..I guess people that say that have forgotten there history. Although its funny when a person ask " Can I speak with some one who speaks American?" that's not right either do you mean someone who speaks English? plus to get into this even further I think the original "American" would be the Indians !
2007-08-09 00:26:45 · answer #2 · answered by J@de 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
hmmm, you are right! We are the only ones called Americans. Our flag is the referred to as an American Flag.
Mexican Americans refers to citizens of the United States of Mexican ancestry. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Americans
Canadian-American refers to a member of that group of people living in the United States who were born, raised, or (to a lesser extent) ancestral ties to Canada. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian-American
I'm guessing you are an American...right??
I mean from the United States! lol
2007-08-09 00:36:55 · answer #3 · answered by Susan B 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, we are the "only" country in all of the Americas, North and South, that use the word "America" in our country's name. And since a continent is not a country, does not have a government but instead just refers to a land mass, people don't associate coming from a continent as their nationality; It's the nation they come from. Hence, we are called Americans.
I don't understand why people get touchy about this. I don't get upset when spanish-speaking nations of the Americas are referred to as "Latin America." It's just a word that describes where people come from, an identifier. It's not like Amerians just call themselves that to "hog" the word or anything.
2007-08-09 00:13:30 · answer #4 · answered by Lydia H 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because they are Mexicans - from Mexico
and Canadians - from Canada, like we are Americans, from the United States of America!
2007-08-09 00:09:35 · answer #5 · answered by The Nana of Nana's 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
see that is what i mean! we all have backrounds that lead us everywhere out of the US so why aren't they allowed to do this! totally agree! i was born here and so was my parents but my mom's parents were born in Spain and my dad's parents were born in Germany so see we are all here somehow! therefore Americans
2007-08-09 00:11:10 · answer #6 · answered by RocKsTaR 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The original Americans were not from here either.
Us Indians are the real deal.Love thy neighbor.
2007-08-09 00:11:34 · answer #7 · answered by ya-who 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
oh man, i have been wondering this for so long. when you think about it, people from countries like Argentina and Colombia are Americans, too.
i mean no offense to the country i call home but most countries prefer to not be associated with the US of A. face the facts people, the US is the butt of all jokes, the pen for the pigs. we're being laughed at.
2007-08-09 00:16:04 · answer #8 · answered by Bradley 5 · 2⤊ 3⤋
They are Americans technically. However, the USA seems to have taken over the name American and claimed it as its own.
2007-08-09 00:10:42 · answer #9 · answered by MadameZ 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
United States of America... Americans
Mexico... Mecicans
Peru... Peruvians
Canada... Canadians
Seems that it all makes sense to me...
2007-08-09 00:10:41 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋