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From: planting@uwvax.UUCP (W. Harry Plantinga)
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Subject: Re: We're all Americans?  (Well, maybe not)
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Date: Thu, 16-May-85 11:11:28 EDT
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Posted: Thu May 16 11:11:28 1985
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> >> I hate to tell you this but we are all Americans !
. . .
> Geo-politigraphically (yikes!) speaking, anyone who lives in the
> Western Hemisphere is an American. 

From Webster's second college edition:

American.   adj.  1. of or in America   2.  of, in, or characteristic
    of the U.S., its people, etc. . . .

America.  1. North America and South America together.  2. North
    America.  3. South America.  4. The United States of America.

According to Webster's it's perfectly correct to speak of the citizens
of the United States as 'Americans.'  Everyone is right, lets all be
happy! :-)