What are you doing right now?

[EndOfTheEarth]

Besides posting on here and replying to this thread. Original credit for this goes back to Fate and Nathan on MX.

[Contradiction]

I have a project, and once I finish that, I'll be completely fine. But I can't bring myself to work on it. Dx

[Fake]

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Doesn't, "American," refer to anyone on the north and south continents?

Wouldn't someone from the US be better identified as a, "Colonist?" I mean, that's like calling someone from, oh, Latvia a, "Eurasian."

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Just thinking to myself.

[Megan (Fishy)]

Sort of?

I think it depends on context. Because we US-residents seem to love referring to oursleves as Americans, as opposed to Canada-residents being just "Canadians."

But technically, I guess you'd be right.

[EndOfTheEarth]

Nope. American generally refers to America (United States of). Everywhere else is referred to by its country name. This is because the US part is usually dropped because most countries preceed their name with discriptors or honorifics ( Federation of, Sovereign state of, etc).

[Fake]

If you go to most South American countries, the people refer to themselves as, "American." I'm not sure about Canada or Mexico, but most other american countries have, "American," citizens.

[EndOfTheEarth]

... I don't believe so. The names I hear thrown around are national like Chileano or Mexicano, with "Americano" reserved for us folks from "Los Estados Unidos"

[Fake]

Regardless, there are those who say that they're American-from the American continents.

And, technically, they're right.

...Not that I expect it to change. Just getting people's opinions.

[EndOfTheEarth]

If so, then it must be continental, like folks from Germany calling themselves European. More people, I think, would identify with their country than their continent (unless they live in Australia, in which there isn't much difference).

[Xuut]

I refer to myself as Canadian, when you say American here it refers to anyone living in the U.S despite that not being ALL of America.

-Shrugs- Just the way it is I suppose.

[EndOfTheEarth]

I've read a lot of different works by different people, and gained appreciation for many different types of writing.

I still hate Shakespeare.

I'm sure that Hamlet would be far more interesting in normal text and realistic dialogue, but at the moment it's making me nauseous.

[Fake]

I don't hate Shakespeare-I think it's over hyped, but it has it's charms-it's subtle hints and such.

Pterry's still better, though...XD

[EndOfTheEarth]

Shakespeare has good one-liners, that's about it.

I've never read anything by Pratchett. Is he any good?