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Originally posted by norompanlasolas:
another thing that I don't understand is why they insist on calling themselves americans, as if there are no more countries in the entire continent.
"America" is the name of the nation. The "United States" is a situation. A way the nation is organised.
The Commonwealth of Australia consists of Australians.
The Dominion of Canada consists of Canadians.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland consists of British and North Irish.
The United States of Europe will consist of Europeans.
I mentioned this in another thread a while ago. It's not the fault of Americans, as it's the name of the nation. It's the fault of whoever named the place.
It seems that the European government are going to make the same mistake.
Will Swiss, Norwegians and Russians still be able to call themselves Europeans while not being in the Union?
Still, there are two continents named America. North and south. Combined they are the Americas. Americans are not calling themselves North Americans (thus taking the name of the continent) nor Americasians. [img]smile.gif[/img]