• @[email protected]
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      -122 years ago

      Nobody refers to Canada or Mexico as America. North America is not America and American is exclusively used to refer to the US.

      • @[email protected]
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        132 years ago

        Well apparently not exclusively so, at least outside of the US, because the American Eagle is not just US-American.

      • @[email protected]
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        102 years ago

        Not exclusively, no. It usually means the US, but it’s far from exclusive. Especially when it comes to species names, the assumption is absurd.

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            12 years ago

            Funny how Canadians don’t want to be called “American”, Mexicans don’t want to be called “American”, but everyone from outside the area INSISTS that it’s an appropriate name for them. Even the commenter above called you a “US person”, the only other time I’ve seen that was in legislation about immigration, never as a demonym.