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> There are no doubt many aspects of American culture that go unnoticed by Americans but are obvious to Canadians. Also maybe some aspects of geography, like k
by pyrale 1y ago
> There are no doubt many aspects of American culture that go unnoticed by Americans but are obvious to Canadians.
Also maybe some aspects of geography, like knowing in which continent Canada is.
- bee_rider 1y agoAlthough I don’t have much faith in the geographical talents of my countrymen, I think most of us know where Canada is. I usually try to use US-ian instead of American, but it looks really stupid and so I get why it is pretty widespread to call us Americans.
- tomrod 1y agoThat works, since the USA is the only current country with America in its name. There was another, but it got split up. We don't call denizens of Mexico the UMSians despite the country's name literally translating to the United Mexican States. Also, for a long time denizens in the US identified by state of birth or locality first before American. Civil War and World Wars changed that.
- bentley 1y agoThe average American knows that Canada is in North America, as does the average Canadian, the average Englishman, and the average Australian. The average non‐American is from outside the Anglosphere, and so may be from a culture that considers North America and South America to be a single continent. But continents don’t have an objective definition, only a cultural one, and in the language and culture of the Anglosphere the Americas are distinct continents, America is a country, and Americans are that country’s people. I’ve never met a Canadian who clamored to be called an American. (Except naturalized citizens!)