but...
If someone called me a European, they would be entirelly correct, not ver particular, but correct. Same as if someone called me British, Scottish or Aberdonian. All correct, just in varying degree's of accuracy

American would technically cover everyone from the continent of America, North or South. The you would probably have to split it down to North/South American

North American would probably do pretty well as an official term for Yanks (which works fine for half the continent, can be construed as abuse for the other half) since Canadians just seem to prefer you don't mention America in the same name... (apologies if I have forgotten any other inhabitants of the continent of North America)
(442, Wed 7 May 2008, 10:20, Reply)