> > First, I think you may be getting some bad information. I'm married to a news junkie and I haven't heard anything about bad feeling between the US and Canada.
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> > It bothers me hearing people refer to "Americans" as if they are only those people who live in the United States. Last time I looked at the map, North and South America included a number of other countries.
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> "Americans" is a lot less clumsier than "United Statesians," though.
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> But seriously. What *would* you use instead of Americans?
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> The Other Matthew

Hmmmmmmmmmm. Good point. US citizens, perhaps? Some United Statesians perfer to be called things like "Tennesseans," "New Yorkers" or "North Carolinians."

I'm not sure about New Mexicans, Maineiacks, or Ohioeans.(four vowels in a row!)
Howard