Worked for a multinational cooperation with co-workers from countries around the globe including south of the USA border, many of these colleagues can and do call themselves American.
Yep. It’s one of the eternal beefs between English speakers and Spanish and Portuguese speakers. Neither side has any actual evidence beyond which side they prefer.
(Canadians, for example, do not care about this. They are proud not to be American.)
Worked for a multinational cooperation with co-workers from countries around the globe including south of the USA border, many of these colleagues can and do call themselves American.
You wouldn’t say so but they do.
Yep. It’s one of the eternal beefs between English speakers and Spanish and Portuguese speakers. Neither side has any actual evidence beyond which side they prefer.
(Canadians, for example, do not care about this. They are proud not to be American.)
Canadians be sharpening their elbows right about now.