So...
How DO you refer to people from the USA, if yor so clevar? Unfortunately there aren't any more specific words in the name of the country than 'America', so unless one resorts to that wanky cludge 'USAian' or the Spanish unidense (sp), I don't see any better option than 'American'.
Perhaps you should have a word with the rebelling colonists from a few hundred years back and ask them to be more specific when they were naming their federation of independent nations? United States of North-East America? Colombusland? Kinda-atlantis?
(tomegranate, Mon 5 Apr 2010, 17:48, 2 replies)

One more reason someone needs to invent a time machine
I could suggest South Canadian, Lesser White Northian, New Improved Without Quebecian, or, no I GOT IT!!!

American.
( BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Mon 5 Apr 2010, 18:12, closed)

Hey, it's a prejudice,
I didn't say it was right. I have a mental twitch when someone does as I posted above and judge them a bit dumb as a result, regardless of anything else.

The topic IS prejudices and I gave mine is all. It could just as easily have been something like "people who call the indiginous people of the Americas 'Indians' despite about five hundred years of realization that this isn't India".
(Ejaculantern was caught desecrating pumpkins on, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 3:40, closed)

I have a real prejudice against Septics
and their inability to make a business decision over $2000 without a fucking committee.

They spend so much time, effort and energy on nothing - they have meetings non-stop...
( disasterprone "Pyjamas caused the Holocaust", Tue 6 Apr 2010, 7:29, closed)

Heh
My gf (a Brit) got this right away, but I'm sad to say that I had no idea what it referred to. Luckily I have her to educate me!
(Ejaculantern was caught desecrating pumpkins on, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 9:14, closed)

We call them Indians because:
1) They call themselves Indians, with further sub-groups based on tribe or band, i.e. Dakota, Osage, S'Kallam, Tlingit, etc.

2) Federal law (Title 25 of the U.S. Code) calls them Indians.

I guess we could invent a new word, but that would take too much time. Heck, I joined a new band last October and we still can't agree on a name. Everyone asks, "did you get a name for that fargin' band yet?" "No". So imagine if we had to go around to the 500 plus tribes and get some type of consensus. Then the First Nations people in Canada would get mad. It's just way to easy to call them Indians.

Plus we are great at reusing names: New York, Dover, New Castle, Nova Scotia - oh wait, that's in Canada.
( BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Wed 7 Apr 2010, 15:01, closed)