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Thread #128158 Message #2944443
Posted By: meself
13-Jul-10 - 02:12 PM
Thread Name: BS: Greatest American Books
Subject: RE: BS: Greatest American Books
Perhaps we are being divided by a common language again. In North America, an "American" is unequivocally a citizen of the U.S. - except, possibly, in some specialized discourse such as that of archeology. A resident of the continent of North America is otherwise a "North American". A resident of the continent of South America is a "South American". The notion that there should be one term to distinguish the residents of both continents from the rest of humanity would seem bizarre to most North and South Americans, I think it safe to say.