Why do Canadians refuse to accept that they are American, since they live on an American continent?
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From the dictionary, just for clarity... american adjective 1. of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture; "American citizens"; "American English"; "the American dream" 2. of or relating to or characteristic of the continents and islands of the Americas; "the American hemisphere"; "American flora and fauna" noun 1. a native or inhabitant of the United States 2. the English language as used in the United States [syn: American English] 3. **************a native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American country *******
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Because they are not part of the USof AMERICA. Whey do americans not call themselves Mexican, same continent! How about Germans start calling themselves Euro-French!
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Because they're NOT Americans. However, I'd be willing to bet that they would acknowledge that they ARE North Americans.
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Probably because they feel that the citizens of the United States have hijacked the word for their exclusive use. All the following expressions are in common use in the USA to specifically mean pertaining to the USA, not American: as American as apple pie all-American the American Dream American plan African-American Anglo-American Irish-American Native American un-American In addition whenever the word American is used, whether by US citizens or people from elsewhere, the meaning is generally understood to be 'from the USA'. Perhaps if the founders of the country had had the good sense to choose a name for the country that permitted you to be named after your specific country, rather than after the continent in which your country happens to be we wouldn't face this dilemma.
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Ja! Und fur zis insolence zey vill be assimilated!Der resistance ist futile!
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Eh dar, you leave dem dar Canericans alone now, eh!
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here is a question for you.....why is your whitehouse white?... i am pretty sure you dont know the answer so go back to school and learn your history...dont harp on Canada because we are better than you..can you walk down the street with out worring about where the next missle is coming from or who is going destroy your next city....keep in mind its not your continent it is ours..
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Canadians are North American. That is not the same thing as being "American". Many Canadians will be offended if you call them American. Canadians do not wish to be thought of in the same category as Americans, as a lot of places in the world think negatively of them.
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Canadian is the opposite of American.!
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The term American has been co-opted to mean a person from the United States of America. As such, we are not Americans, we are Canadians. We are North Americans or even people from the Americas, but the common usage of the term Americans is synonymous with the term person from the USA. Canadians values, culture and of course citizenship makes us Canadians, not Americans.
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Screw it, no more comments with peons. The real reason is simple. We Are Not American. We don't have much in common other than some fast food joints. Some Americans might...say we have something in common. The smart ones know better. There is nothing we share, culturally. There are things we've adopted from America as is the same all over. When I saw a MC Donalds in Cairo... ok..that's sick.
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These kinds of questions are why Americans are hated !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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