Canadians and Mexicans are remarkably tolerant…
by Jack Grant…along with Brazilians, Columbians, and the list goes on and on.
They are “Americans” too.
It is a peeve of mine (not quite to the level of a pet peeve, I reserve that for people insisting that I should eat yogurt instead of ice cream… I have a completely unreasonable opposition to ever eating yogurt… I plan to die never having eaten yogurt… but back to the topic) that we reserve the word “American” for a person from the United States.
Canadians are Americans, because they live in North America.
Columbians are Americans, because they live in South America.
Of course, what the heck do we call people from the United States of America?
Statesians?
Unis?
Usas?
Heck… I guess we have the balls to name ourselves after two continents.
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