to continue, i don't like the term "american" to be applied to us citizens. when asked in europe for example if i'm an american, i usually respond that i'm from the us. there are a big bunch of people from north and south america that are americans. .... edit to add... general usage is that american is defined as citizens of the us and citizens of other countries of the new world say their country.

[This message has been edited by clacko (edited 12-27-2001).]