[Latinazza]

Originally posted by Benjamin

I don't see the problem? Everyone on the American continent is American and everyone in the United States of America is also American - they just don't have their own independent term for nationals of their Country.

This is like arguing that if The United States of Europe formed from the current Eurozone people from Britain, Switzerland, Sweden etc. would no longer be European. Nah, the term would just more commonly refer to USE citizens than British ones. It's no big deal.

Same with Scottish independence; unless we're planning on making Scotland it's own island we'll always be British as Great Britain is the name of the Island we're on.

+1

Smh at this thread and many of the uninformed responses

So what should we be called USeians?

[Snoopy]

It's fine. In my experience, those from South America refer to themselves as such before they do as "Americans", and if you're from the north, you're "North American", though both a part of the "Americas".

It's fairly common knowledge (at least in the west) that if you're from the United States of America, you are American.

[Haribo]

No, since they live on the American continent.

[Tropez]

Should Europeans be called Eurasians because Europe and Asia are connected?

When speaking English, Americans for the US are American. When speaking Spanish you refer to it your way. It's not a hard concept to grasp.

Really this whole thing is ethnocentric. You think your way is right and should be right for everyone but it's not. Open your mind a little and understand why there's differences.