True in that we all live on the North American continent, though if you asked someone from Canada if they were an American I wager they'd say they were a Canadian. We all segregate ourselves into countries via non material boundary lines and if I were to try to cross over into Canada or Mexico without a passport I wager I'd be stopped at the border even though all three countries are on the same continent.
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Originally Posted by Lady Fitzgerald
Hey, don't condemn all of us Yanks! I recognize there are various "flavours" of English around the world and even within individual countries. What's correct depends on where you are or, as you pointed out, your target audience.
Btw, you may want to be careful with the use of "Americans" to refer to people from the USA. Strictly speaking, Canadians, Mexicans, Brazilians, etc. are also Americans. We Yanks don't have an exclusive right to the term.
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