> It also dawns on me that it's completely fine to call citizens of the United
> States of America "Americans", just like it would be fine to call Canadians
> "Americans". Technically, they both are. .

As are citizens of Argentina, but only if you don't recognize a
distinction between North & South America; which some don't. Ever
heard of Eurafrasia?

http://www.countriesandcities.com/continents/

If you count them separately, then citizens of both United States of
America and Canada can be called "North Americans", but citizens of
Canada are not "Americans" anymore than citizens of Argentina are.

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