The point that is missing here is that the US is the only nation that uses the word America in its national name, and therefore naturally finds it being shortened to Americans. The Canadians do not call themselves the United Provicinces of Canadian America, not doesa any other Central American or South American country use "America" in its title.

So I submit we are quibblilng about a non-issue here, much like those who cannot differentiate between the common name for the human species and the common name for the male gender of the species. Two different meanings using the same phonemes. No-one gets upset by the abuse of felines when a twin-hulled boat (or an eath-mover) is called a Cat, or a website, either. We live in a language rich with homonyms anfd multiple, differing definitions for one set of alphabetic characters. Suggest we just get bloody used to it, after more than 1500 years.


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