On 19/05/2015 9:43 AM, Kostie Muirhead -> David Drummond wrote:

 DD>> They live in the Americas, they are American, just as the Peruvians and
 DD>> Chileans are.

 KM> Don't be daft. Geographically you are correct, but only the US uses
"American"
 KM> as a self-identifier,

Arrogant bunch!

 KM> and when people refer to "Americans" everyone understands them to be
refering to people from the USA.

Have you discussed this with the Peruvians or Chileans? I have, they do. Many
correctly consider Americans as persons from the region, not the USofA country.

 KM> No different than if you were to refer to Scots, Irish, or Welsh as
"British" and then wonder why they felt the
 KM> need to correct you.

Britain is the name of a country, America is the name of a region.

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Regards
David

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