Is this only for Americans?!

I'm from New Zealand!!!

Yes, this is American. This was an old Native American website that was underperforming.

This thread is divisive

I'm an American.

But I live in Australia.

Make of that what you will.

Plenty from Australia and NZ too

I am a very very proud Canadian that lives on the continent of North America.I am a CANADIAN..wouldn't wanna be anything else .i am new to this site but one of the reasons was so i could meet people from other countries and share ideas and encourage each other. Why can't we all be proud to be Canadians, Americans, British, Mexican or whatever else with out insulting someone else's country. promote your countries don't embarrass them

Waiting for someone to come in crying that they're not European, they're Italian.

Also, I've always seen this argument in the opposite direction, tbh.

I prefer to be called a United Stater. Please dont lump me in with Canadians or Mexicans.

simultaneous smh and eyeroll. :noway:

Waiting for someone to come in crying that they're not European, they're Italian.

Also, I've always seen this argument in the opposite direction, tbh.

I got in an argument once about a guy who insisted he was English but not British.

I can't even

wat

My poor head.

My Spanish lessons can clear this up:
From Canada? Canadian.
From USA? North American.
From Mexico? Mexican!

So far it seems that they don't lump the Central American or South American countries under one term. You're Panamanian, Costa Rican, Bolivian, etc. But, you know - in Spanish.

I'm from Australia - happy to make friends with more aussies!!!

It just might be possible that different people from different places might use different terms to describe the same thing...just like how I say "elevator" but someone in England might say "lift." They're both correct.

I think "American" is usually in regards to people from the US because the US is the "United States of America"- other countries don't have America in their name. The term "American" is based on the name of our country, not the continent we are on. But if that's not how everyone sees it, who cares?

Btw, OP, I don't think you're the one who offended anyone. :flowerforyou:

Waiting for someone to come in crying that they're not European, they're Italian.

Also, I've always seen this argument in the opposite direction, tbh.

I got in an argument once about a guy who insisted he was English but not British.

Both of those are an identity thing really. Scots, Irishmen and Welshmen in particular often don't identify with being 'British', because they feel it's a dilution of their national identity. Yes, we're all Scottish/Welsh/Irish/English, British and European, but we don't all identify as that. Not applying that to everyone, just citing the common example I see.

When it comes to Europe, I understand it even more. The European Union is very, very young. And the countries are so very, very diverse. I mean, seriously, can you imagine four cultures more different than the Germans, the Dutch, the Italians and the English? No matter how geographically incorrect, it's hardly surprising that people don't like being referred to in such a broad term. "European" is about as descriptive as waving a hand in the general direction of a globe and saying "from around there somewhere" :laugh:

Again, I'm not arguing that they are right, just that I completely understand where they are coming from.

Personally, now that I've lived in the USA, and visited much of it, I'm amazed you don't hear people saying "I'm Californian, not American". The cultural variation across the country is pretty large, and applying the same national stereotype to someone from New York City as someone from San Francisco as someone from Mobile Alabama is pretty funny.

I'm from England ^_^

So you're British?

I'm a Texan

hell yeah!