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A person born in the USA (or elsewhere) to US Citizen parents is "American in the first place". That's how US citizenship at birth works.
by theorique 13y ago
A person born in the USA (or elsewhere) to US Citizen parents is "American in the first place". That's how US citizenship at birth works.
- mamcx 13y agoAmericans are also the people above and below the map of USA.
- theorique 13y agoIf you want to be pedantic about it, yes, the continent of North America is made up of three countries. But if a person says the phrase "I'm American", what's your first guess - that he is referring to the USA, to Canada or to Mexico? Speaking as a Canadian, I do not call myself an 'American', even though my country is certainly part of North America.
- mamcx 13y agoAmerica is the term to the whole continent. Central and south too (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americas). I understand that "Americans" is a shorthand for "USA Habitant", in the minds of a lot of people, mainly because USA is the dominant culture in this side. But is like ask: "I'm Asian" and asume is about a chinese.