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How do you call someone born in the US besides "American"?

Well, everybody born in the american continent is technically "american" too, including Central and South America. Is there a specific term in english for these people?

Edit: Thanks for all your answers, especially the wholesome ones and those patient enough to explain it thoroughly. Since we (South Americans) and you (North Americans) use different models/conventions of continent boundaries, it makes sense for you to go by "Americans", while it doesn't for us.

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  • A “US-American” if you need to be very clear. But most people just say “American”.

  • I usually respond to "Hey stupid", maybe try that?

    Don't actually try this.

  • The simple answer is really, no. Colloquially if you say "American" you're talking about someone from the USA. We'll further segregate ourselves into the States we're from, which isn't that different a distinction between "European" and "German".

  • As an American, I don't really give a crap what nationality someone calls me as long as they're not being rude. I honestly identify as a Floridian anyway. So, even if I met other Americans overseas, I'd think of them as from their state or cultural area (Plains, Appalachia, Southwest, etc.).

    I don't expect people outside of the US to know the difference even though the US supposedly dominates the world with media. I don't know much about the vast majority of other countries, including England. All I know is that people from Liverpool are apparently bollocks...whatever that means.

    • I thought people from Liverpool are Scousers, bollocks are something entirely different.

    • According to English people 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, everyone and their dog is a...

      (*reads through pages)

      "tool".

      And according to Australians 🇦🇺, everyone is a...

      (*reads through pages again)

      "Cunt."

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