DL>  I realize 'American' is supposed to be anyone from North America, 
 DL> Latin America, or South America, but the U.S. media has turned it 
 DL> into a term meaning anyone from the U.S.
As a US'er myself, I can get offended by the purloining of the word 
"American" to mean only this country; however, we really don't have much 
more of a choice. It was only around 20 or so years ago that the US 
Treasury Department changed its seal so that it says only "The Department 
of the Treasury 1789" rather than the Latin for "Seal of the Treasury of 
North America."
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