A Question For Our Canadian friends

Holy Moses! Peace! Cease Fire! I don't concede defeat but rather I tactfully retreat.....

Websters Definition:

[h=1][SUP]1[/SUP]American[/h]




noun Amer·i·can \ə-ˈmer-ə-kən, -ˈmər-, -ˈme-rə-\
: a person born, raised, or living in the U.S.
: a person born, raised, or living in North America or South America
 
I think what's going on here, is that she's equating "American" with "United States" and getting angry about being called one of us by association. Can't say I blame her. Canadians are much nicer people.
 
Cookie said:
Why even bother bringing it up then, claiming to be academic. If you want to use language like that, go ahead, if it amuses you, but it is incorrect. Are all South Americans Americans too because they live in South America? Are Mexicans Americans too? Or are South Americans Southers, and all North Americans Northers. Equally ridiculous!
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Well clarification here should settle things for The Donald!
 
Websters Definition:

[SUP]1[/SUP]American




noun Amer·i·can \ə-ˈmer-ə-kən, -ˈmər-, -ˈme-rə-\
: a person born, raised, or living in the U.S.
: a person born, raised, or living in North America or South America

I leave it at that.
 
Shalimar said:
I thought the op asked we Canadianyr our take on whether or not we viewed ourselves as American. With respect Jim, you got no horse in this race, why you chasing ours?
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I'm sure all sides should be heard. You are not arguing with me Mermaid, you are arguing with Merriam-Webster. I do love Canada and Canadians, but.......
 
Jim, thanks for your sentiment.... so your saying you think Canadians should want to be called Americans or are you calling us Americans? This is getting stranger by the minute.
 
Merriam- Webster is an American company. They view things from an American viewpoint. Their spelling reflects that. We Canadians do not accept their attempts to define our identity. Why should we? Enough said.
 
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