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Mexicans are americans.
Colombians are americans.
Brazilians are americans.
Unitedstates-ians are americans.
It’s funny because spanish doesn’t have this problem. They call the people from the US estadounidenses which basically is unitedstates-ian.
Mexicans are North Americans
Colombians are South Americans.
Brazilians are South Americans.
Americans are North America but from the country called the United States of America, hence why they get called Americans and Mexicans from Mexico are called Mexicans
No they aren't.
No they aren't
No they aren't.
In every country in the anglosphere, the word "America" is synonymous with "United States of America". If you want to speak Spanish and talk about America as a single continent as I know is common in Latin American countries, go ahead. But that is not the way the English language is ever used by native speakers.
It also frankly doesn't make sense. It's based in the popular idea in Latin American countries that there are 6 continents, including one called "America". I know the definition of "continent" is fuzzy and categorising them is ambiguous, but I maintain that the only sensible 6 continent model is one which merges Eurasia, relative to the 7 continent model. If you want to talk about the Americas as a single continent, the only way to do that without blatantly coming across as ridiculous is to have a 4 continent model containing Afro-Eurasia and America.
I'm sure Mexicans, Canadians, Colombians and Brazilians love being called Americans lol
I live in colombia. All colombians call themselves americans.
Huh, the Columbian I work with has only ever called himself Colombian
Then why is it the United States of Mexico? Calling them and Canadians just reeks of Manifest Destiny bullshit.