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Originally Posted by rcentros
But the key is that North America includes Canada, the United States and Mexico (plus 20 other states). When you say North America is getting Kobo Plus, you're normally going to think North America, not just Canada alone. Besides, whenever anyone uses "Americans" in a pejorative sense, they're not referring to Canadians or Mexicans, they're referring to those who live in the United States. United States' citizens are normally referred to as "Americans," in Canada it's "Canadians," in Mexico it's "Mexicans," etc. I don't think anyone ever says United States-ians. This is the reality of the situation.
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I certainly agree with the use of Amerikans in a pejorative sense. As for referring to the inhabitants of Canada referring to themselves as Canadians? Canadians or les Canadiens perhaps given that Canada has two national languages. As for Mexicans? I'm heard mexicano or mexicana when I was in Mexico. Though their favourites for citizens of the USA were not americano or americana or even the estadounidense recommended by the Academies of the Spanish Language but were choices such as yanqui and gringo at the polite end. Though I do find the Aussie term seppo for inhabitants of the United States rather humourous.