Mueen Nawaz wrote:
> Warp wrote:
>>   Since there's no confusion, what's the harm?
> 
> 	No harm, beyond not using the terminology that the people themselves
> use. In the US, the country is virtually never referred to as "America".

I disagree. Informally, it's always America. "The American president met the 
Israel president today."   "African-American" and "ABC (American Born 
Chinese)".

Obviously in legal contexts it's going to say "US" instead of "America." 
Even there, people rarely say "USA" when speaking. If you're in a situation 
where saying "American" might actually imply the continent rather than the 
country, you would want to avoid it. If someone asks "what country are you 
from", there's no more confusion saying "I'm an American" than there is 
saying "I'm Canadian".

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   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   There's no CD like OCD, there's no CD I knoooow!

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