A question for Thanksgiving.

Not American, that irritates Canadians.

USAians?

Merkian's
What do you guys use?

I'm Australian, people from China are Chinese, people from Holland are Dutch etc.

OK it's silly but ........

And nothing rude please.

How about USAites

or Nonmetricites

Are republicans included?

The people who drive on the wrong side of the road

Yankees?

Quote from: Cindy on November 28, 2013, 02:16:09 AM
Not American, that irritates Canadians.

But that's what it is >.>

Gulp

Which Canadians does it bother?  Certainly not me or anyone I've talked to

i know a canadian, and she always calls them americans. true life story.

i call them estadounidenses, but that's because spanish actually has a name for people from the united states.

I use my own term of Yanksylvanian, why use a perfect fine real word when you can make a funny one up!

I think American is fine as I lived with a Canadian for a year while at uni. But I can see why American be a problem for some.

In the UK we don't know what to call ourselves either! Brits? Britons? British? Those three are fine but the UK includes England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the surrounding islands. However, Great Britain is something like England, Scotland and Wales but not Northern Ireland and surrounding islands.

Looking at our politics I call us "nuts"!

Quote from: foreversarah on November 28, 2013, 04:08:03 AM
In the UK we don't know what to call ourselves either! Brits? Britons? British? Those three are fine but the UK includes England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the surrounding islands. However, Great Britain is something like England, Scotland and Wales but not Northern Ireland and surrounding islands.

Yorkshire will do fine thank you very much!

United Statesians

United Staters

Quote from: foreversarah on November 28, 2013, 04:08:03 AM
I think American is fine as I lived with a Canadian for a year while at uni. But I can see why American be a problem for some.

In the UK we don't know what to call ourselves either! Brits? Britons? British? Those three are fine but the UK includes England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the surrounding islands. However, Great Britain is something like England, Scotland and Wales but not Northern Ireland and surrounding islands.

That's probably why brits get mad at me for saying "British accent" :3

I'm Canadian, have lived here all my life, and have never met anyone who has a problem with calling them Americans.

It's weird isn't it?

I send something and get a reply, I'm not American I'm Texan. I apologize and wonder WTF. What should I call you!

Confused
Cindy

Quote from: ~RoadToTrista~ on November 28, 2013, 04:21:57 AM
That's probably why brits get mad at me for saying "British accent" :3

There isn't really a "British accent".  Each city/county generally has its own, every 30/40 miles (sometimes even less!) you go the accent will switch, sometimes quite dramatically, and that's only within England!  Once you start factoring in Wales/Scotland etc the number of separate accents is ridiculous!

Quote from: big kim on November 28, 2013, 02:25:11 AM
The people who drive on the wrong side of the road

Or the "right" side...

Quote from: Cindy on November 28, 2013, 06:02:07 AM
It's weird isn't it?

I send something and get a reply, I'm not American I'm Texan. I apologize and wonder WTF. What should I call you!

Confused
Cindy

I have a few friends from Texas and they are just like that. Always "I'm a proud Texan". I don't understand it. I do know every state does has a name for its inhabitants like for the whole country it is "American" but you can break it down by state as well. I would also be a Marylander, someone from DC would be a Washingtonian, NY would be a New Yorker. It's all convoluted. Too many labels.

Quote from: Cindy on November 28, 2013, 06:02:07 AM
It's weird isn't it?

I send something and get a reply, I'm not American I'm Texan. I apologize and wonder WTF. What should I call you!

Confused
Cindy

Let see since I'm from Massachusetts sometimes we are called m->-bleeped-<-s. LOL
I was born in Tonton, so Tauntonian works
With Massachusetts being in New England, New Englander fits.
Calling someone from The United States of America, American is fine but then there are a few sub categories.

So after all of that wouldn't it be easier to simply call me Beth or Bethany?

I've always referred to those from the US as Americans when using formal terms.  In casual terms I use Yank/Yanks/Yankees and also Gringo/Gringos.

I know the term Gringo is somewhat pejorative to some, but it doesn't bother me.

-Sandy