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At probably around the same rate Americans and Canadians are lumped together in India, that is, until you get to know them or they give some clear indication (f

At probably around the same rate Americans and Canadians are lumped together in India, that is, until you get to know them or they give some clear indication (flag, etc.)

pbhjpbhj 4y ago
- omnicognate 4y ago
  It's not equivalent because while "American" can mean "somebody from the Americas" it also has a common usage specifically to mean "someone from the USA". Hardly anyone says USAians, and the phrase "are you Canadian or American" is one readily understood by any anglophone. "Asian" has no corresponding usage in relation to India.
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- zbobet2012 4y ago
  American only refers to someone from the US in English. The correct demonym for someone from "the Americas" in English would be "Americanian". (Just as Bahamas -> Bahmanian) The other definition of American is a common confusion from Spanish and has never been in regular usage in the English language. That's because English doesn't have the concept of "America" to refer to both North and South America. Historically English defined the continents differently from Spanish, and never treated them as one.
- robonerd 4y ago
  > USA-ians This is never going to catch on, except in Latin America and with trollish Europeans baiting for responses online. Said outloud it sounds like "U.S. Asians", which is just going to make people confused. Nobody actually uses this demonym in America.
  - corrral 4y ago
- kps 4y ago
  In that sense, Pakistanis would be ‘Indian’, as would Bangladeshis, Nepalis, and Bhutanese, since they are on the Indian subcontinent.
GekkePrutser 4y ago
That happens everywhere, this is why Canadians so often wear flags abroad, they don't like being confused for Americans. I originally thought they were really patriottic or something but the ones I met told me they were just sick of having to explain constantly. I think Australians and New Zealanders get the same, confused for each other. And us Dutch are confused a lot with Germans too. Not that I wear a flag for it though :) Source: Shared a house with a bunch of Canadians :)
- IAmEveryone 4y ago
  I am thinking about wearing a Dutch flag when abroad to avoid being considered a German. And I am German.

At probably around the same rate Americans and Canadians are lumped together in India, that is, until you get to know them or they give some clear indication (flag, etc.)

pbhjpbhj 4y ago

omnicognate 4y ago
It's not equivalent because while "American" can mean "somebody from the Americas" it also has a common usage specifically to mean "someone from the USA". Hardly anyone says USAians, and the phrase "are you Canadian or American" is one readily understood by any anglophone. "Asian" has no corresponding usage in relation to India.
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zbobet2012 4y ago
American only refers to someone from the US in English. The correct demonym for someone from "the Americas" in English would be "Americanian". (Just as Bahamas -> Bahmanian) The other definition of American is a common confusion from Spanish and has never been in regular usage in the English language. That's because English doesn't have the concept of "America" to refer to both North and South America. Historically English defined the continents differently from Spanish, and never treated them as one.
robonerd 4y ago
> USA-ians This is never going to catch on, except in Latin America and with trollish Europeans baiting for responses online. Said outloud it sounds like "U.S. Asians", which is just going to make people confused. Nobody actually uses this demonym in America.
- corrral 4y ago
kps 4y ago
In that sense, Pakistanis would be ‘Indian’, as would Bangladeshis, Nepalis, and Bhutanese, since they are on the Indian subcontinent.

GekkePrutser 4y ago

That happens everywhere, this is why Canadians so often wear flags abroad, they don't like being confused for Americans. I originally thought they were really patriottic or something but the ones I met told me they were just sick of having to explain constantly. I think Australians and New Zealanders get the same, confused for each other. And us Dutch are confused a lot with Germans too. Not that I wear a flag for it though :) Source: Shared a house with a bunch of Canadians :)

IAmEveryone 4y ago
I am thinking about wearing a Dutch flag when abroad to avoid being considered a German. And I am German.