Quote Originally Posted by escherblacksmith View Post
. . . I guess I fail to see the confusion or chauvinism in calling citizens of the USA, Americans.
Quote Originally Posted by Ian.MacAllan View Post
. . . The idea that only the USA is America is a bit of chauvinism that it's time we outgrew.
Maybe I should have put "only" in bold italics. My point is that there are many other countries whose residents have as valid a claim to be called "Americans" as residents of the USA do, and excluding them from consideration is an instance of chauvinism.

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