How come people from the United States call themselves "Americans"?
Answer:
Because of good marketing by Amerigo Vespucci, this has been called America almost from the beginning, after the Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci.
Vespucci knew Columbus, and even helped him prepare for his second and subsequent voyages to the New World. Vespucci himself is believed to have sailed to what is now Central and South America several times around 1500, just after Columbus's voyages.
It was Vespucci who decided that the so-called "New World" was, in fact, a new continent (Columbus had believed he had found a new route to Asia). He promoted the idea relative to South America, and even suggested that it be named in his honor. Eventually, the name became accepted, and applied to the entire "New World."
The name was in common usage before the American colonies began their push for independence.
Because it sounds awkward to call ourselves " United Statesians".
Is a shortened version of United States of Americans. Or, USAn's
You can call yourself whatever you want .
Because we Americans are lazy, and it would take more time to say "United Statesian". What other word could we use? Unitedians? All the other countries have handy country names that are different from their continent. I don't think anyone cares if people from other American countries call themselves American.
because u live in america but if u r born in america then u r a true american. and because its north america not south america, just saying. i don't want to be mean.
July 4, 1776 United States of AMERICA.
Read your own constitution and find out what to be called. If you are from South America, why do you think you are on the same continent as the USA?
We are North Americans, just like people south of the border are Hispanics from Hispaniola or South Americans from South America. If you wanted to call yourselves Americans then you couldn't say that you were Mexican, Columbia, Venezuelan, etc.
Even those of you who move here don't say that you or your children are now Americans.....give me a break..really...
thats stupid if you want to get all technicall about it we dont really consider those places the united states you dont work here do you? but thats ok i understand that everyone wants to call themselves american so i guess your just like everyone else
Because it's the Unites States of AMERICA.
America/Americas
In many parts of the world, America in the singular is commonly used as a name for the United States of America; however, (the) Americas (plural with s and generally with the definite article) is not and is invariably used to refer to the lands and regions of the Western hemisphere. Usage of America to also refer to this collectivity remains fairly common.
While many in the United States of America generally refer to the country as America and themselves as Americans, many people elsewhere in the Americas resent what they perceive as appropriation of the term in this context and, thus, this usage is frequently avoided. In Canada, their southern neighbor is seldom referred to as "America" with "the United States", "the U.S.", or (informally) "the States" used instead. English dictionaries and compendiums differ regarding usage and rendition.
Columbia and Canada are NOT on the same continent. The United States is the United States of America, hence why our culture's adjective is American, and the noun for people of our nation is American. Although, all people of the Americas are Americans, too, so we all get to be Americans, it's just that some Americans can say that their nationality is American.
I totally agree with you, i believe that the name is completely wrong, it shows that they "belive" there are no other countries in America (no offence).
Um...North and South America aren't the same continent. This area now "America" (or USA) was what became more internationally known first, so the rest just got named after it.
Does it matter? Canada is in North America
There are only 3 countries in North America. Why don't you study your history and/or geography books and figure out which 3 those are. South America is NOT the same continent as North America. Here's a hint, Venezuela and Colombia are NOT in the same continent as Canada and Mexico. Then you can ask more informed questions and figure out what you want to be called, whichever country you are from.
America was allegedly named after Amerigo Vespucci. He wrote the name on the map he made of the continent - before enough exploration was done to know what he was naming. Please see the website in the sources for more information.
As people needed to distinguish between different parts of North and South America, they named each place differently. Canada people called themselves Canadians. In the United States of America instead of calling ourselves Statesians, we started calling ourselves Americans.
I did not chose the name. I am well aware that this name is associated with the people's thinking they were superior to others in other countries. I do not know how far back in history the term Americans for the people of the United States goes, but I think it goes back before Our French and Indian War. (Early Colonial Era was not my field of study.)
I agree with you that everyone in America should be able to be called Americans.
Canadians were going to call ourselves Americans but then the citizens of the USA beat us to it...
And these days its just best not to tell people you aare American in some parts of the world anyway...so...they can have it.
What a silly question. We call ourselves "Americans" because we live in the "United states of AMERICA". We don't call ourselves North Americans, for pete's sake.
If you want to call yourself American, get in line with the rest of the world that wants to immigrate here. There must be some reason they all want to come, right?
Why do we call ourselves "Earthlings" or "Humans" when "Earthicans" sounds so much cooler?
We didn't start calling ourselves "Americans", the British did. We were "Colonial" or, more specifically, "American" subjects. We just kind of stuck with it.
There is no "America" continent. There is a North American and South American continent.
Many countries around the world call the U.S. the name America.
Get used to it.
This one world order you want is just not going to work. Iran,Cuba,North Korea, the Middle East are not buying into this plan nor do they want to.
Because Britons and Greeks were already taken?
Call yourself Napolean if you like.
Actually, we and Mexico and Canada are in North America and the other countries you name are in South America (two different continents).
But just as Mexico and Brazil don't call themselves the United States of Mexico or the United States of Brazil, typically, we call ourselves America. It is our name.
And just as I can call myself Brazilian or Mexican and it will make no difference to my immigration rights to Brazil or Mexico, you can call yourself American, and all it will get you is confusion from all of those people who mean the USA when they say 'America'.
That being said, knock yourself out.
If you want to call yourself American, go for it.
Maybe that will make you look more natural in your american clothes.
Maybe it will make you better at video games.
Maybe you will better understand popular movies.
As for me:
I'm not lazy, I'm not uneducated.
But I am An AMERICAN from the country of AMERICA.
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