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PBBN43 on 06 March 2012
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insomniac17 said:
PBBN43 said:

Bolded part: That's exactly the problem. If no one is willing to change simply because the term is seldom used, then it will always be wrong. Maybe we can't change the world, but we certainly can do our part.

Other part: If that's not sarcasm, it's rather nice of you. Can't really say much more, though.

And my point is just to say that we are arrogant for not fixing something that is not all our fault is rather unfair. I have no problems using another word to refer to a US citizen, but it has to be something that people will understand to mean a US citizen. And I have no problems referring to the country as the US, because it is shorter than America and because it isn't ambiguous and it clearly defines what I'm referring to.

It isn't. My sarcasm is always accompanied by an emoticon of some sort. I can't really say why people back then started using America to refer to the US, but I'll apologize anyway if it offended anyone. I'd like to think that wasn't the purpose behind its use.


I congratulate you on your understanding and logical reasoning. You're the only US citizen I've ever met that didn't try to shove down my throat that America and American are correct to refer to the US and its citizens.