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Originally Posted by Jellby
In Spanish we try not to use "American" for US-ans, "North-American" is also another term for US-ans that we try to avoid (when I say "we", I rather mean that it is actually often used, but conscious people frown it). We have our own word for US-ans ("estadounidense"), and "Americans" are from Chileans to Canadians, but quite often people from Spanish-speaking countries in the Americas.
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Most of my friiends us the term gringolandia....That seems to work and there is not fuss about which country it is....... and
Si. Soy gringo ..... y me gusta la palabra.