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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy
Well now our actual Name is "The United States of America." So yes USA is proper but I can't say I have every seen USA [any word].
Where did you see this?
The only time I have seen USA, It is at the end.
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What's crummy is that if you're from England and someone asks your nationality you can always say, "I'm British." Similarly for citizens of Argentina, Mexico, Spain, Canada, etc. "I'm Argentinian", "I'm Mexican", "Spanish", "Canadian", and so forth. But how does a U.S. citizen respond? The most correct answer would be, "I'm a citizen of the United States of America," but that's quite a mouthful, isn't it? So most of us just end up saying "I'm American" and let it go at that, but that's not quite what was being asked, is it? Sure, we're Americans, but so are Canadians, Brazilians, Mexicans, and anyone else who permanently resides on this continent.
I vote we change the name from "United States of America" to "Pat". It's a nice, gender neutral name, and then whenever someone asks what we are, we can say, "We're Patricians." Has a rather noble ring, don't you agree?