Every American that I personally know
Calls themselves American. 'A true American this'.. 'This is America', whatever. It's called 'the United States OF America, not the 'United States WITHIN America'.

Somebody from the states IS American, like the person above said. I AM European. Unfortunately, if somebody has an American accent, I personally can't define anything but Boston until I ask. So it's easier to call them American.

The minute people of the USA call themselves North American, or any other answer, I shall comply.

It's far easier to realise that somebody with an ENGLISH accent is from England.
(Iggy Pop's Teeth, Mon 5 Apr 2010, 20:11, 1 reply)

lonelybadger, you call them americans...
because they call themselves americans ffs. if you want to get under their skin you call them yanks. those who consider themselves yanks don't mind; those who consider themselves americans sometimes do. and if you want to piss off a quebecois call him (or her) a fucking squeegee punk or a stupid asshole and more likely than not they'll go apeshit. though most probably don't appreciate being called a stupid asshole i would imagine but some might =)
(goorf, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 6:38, closed)