Mike........... wrote:
> Following up to Andy
>
>> We're Americans. USAians is a derogatory thing to say, imho!
>
> Its a confused term, I think many europeans see "american" as
> disrespectful of south americans, but i never heard a south american
> say that and as USian sounds daft I dont see a practical change
> coming.

Well, South Americans are just that, just as we are North Americans.
America is not a continent.

But our country is called America.

nancy