Americans - What do you prefer your country to be called ?

[hollydolly]

Something I'd wondered for a long time- as I don't like to 'say the wrong thing'- do people in England prefer to be called English or British?

people in England are first English , and then British...just as people in Texas, are Texans and then Americans...

 

[hollydolly]

Yes Americans are people from the USA. I don't call a Canadian or someone from Columbia or something an American.

...you say that, but Canadians are North Americans.... altho' they identify as Canadians and not Americans

 

[Babs2u]

The same question could be asked of the British. Great Britain, Britain or the UK? Americans tend to say England, which is not accurate.
When I was younger, we used to refer to 'The Yanks' but it seems that term isn't used any more.

I watch Weekends with Yankee which is from Yankee magazine. Yankee in this case simply means New Englander.

 

[Trade]

As embarassed as I am of my country at this time, I don't much care what anybody calls it.