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Originally Posted by Rufusboi
Why do people all over the world refer to those who reside in the United States of America as Americans? Why not refer to those residents as United Statesians? How do people in other countries of the continent of America refer to United Statesians, by the way? At least when they are trying to be polite?  |
Everyone in the world does not refer to us as Americans.
I travel a lot, and many people do say Unites Stasians in their language, like Spanish for example.
Estados Unidenses in Spanish speaking South America, or Norte Americanos which does not say what country.
In Europe I hear US.