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Vicki - posted on 12/21/2010

yup!

Jackie - posted on 12/21/2010

"I am proud to be from the U.S. but sometimes i get so angry and offended at my fellow citizens for the way they treat other people under the guise of being "a good `merican" when they really don't see what jackass's they are."

You'll find assholes anywhere you go. People will find any excuse to be a ass. It's the excuse that people use that give whole groups of people a bad name.

Vicki - posted on 12/21/2010

well yes, you guys do have a good worldwide rep for that but have no fear, canadians as diverse of a country as we are can be the exact same. racist? us? of course not...cause we are better at hiding it.

Barb - posted on 12/21/2010

i see the point, country vs continent. i personally call myself a U.S. citizen. You all put it so well and it's great we can discuss our differences.

Australia is unique in that it is a continent and a country.

And Vicki, i wonder what i am talking about sometimes as well.

I am proud to be from the U.S. but sometimes i get so angry and offended at my fellow citizens for the way they treat other people under the guise of being "a good `merican" when they really don't see what jackass's they are.

Vicki - posted on 12/20/2010

yeah well often I wonder what I am talking about so no problem!

Stifler's - posted on 12/20/2010

Haha I wondered what you were talking about Vicki

Jackie - posted on 12/20/2010

"I thought an "American" was a person who is a citizen of the USA. When we say "Americans" that is what we mean. The country of Argentina is on the continent of South America (I hope otherwise I need a geography lesson!), but an Argentinan is an Argentinan, not an American, just like someone from Mexico is a Mexican, right?? Someone from Canada is a Canadian."

That's what I was going to say. It's kinda like comparing apples to oranges. Country vs. Continent. I'm American but my neighbor from Mexico is Mexican.

Vicki - posted on 12/20/2010

yes, I was Renae. just too laz to scroll up and see your name. apologies for confusion. next time I scroll :)

Renae - posted on 12/20/2010

Emma, I thought Vicki was responding to my comments about Aus having free health care and tertiary education when she said "you have it good".

I think our minimum wage is something like $15 per hour. And the exchange rates are pretty much dollar for dollar last time I looked.

Amber - posted on 12/19/2010

I always say the US when people online ask me where I'm from.
I do think that the reason we're called "Americans" is because our country is called the United States of America....and it might be weird to call us Statians or Unitians...
SO, I call myself an American because of that. But I refer to the country as the US.
Did I explain that well?

Stifler's - posted on 12/19/2010

The US sounds like a third world country lol

Vicki - posted on 12/19/2010

and let's not forget the waitering minimum (whateveer itis right now) is less! crazy!

Katherine - posted on 12/19/2010

Jodi has said how much minimum wage is. You guys have it great! Minimum here is $7 an hour.

Vicki - posted on 12/19/2010

yes, I got it.

Stifler's - posted on 12/19/2010

I was just sayin about the nationalities, we're all "Australian" but from elsewhere.

Vicki - posted on 12/19/2010

No, I know you didn't. I just admire the huge differences in our minimums compared to yours. Ours are below the poverty line and unliveable.

Stifler's - posted on 12/19/2010

Um I didn't say anything about minimum wage or money?

Vicki - posted on 12/19/2010

As a Canadian I've also referred to the country being The States and people being American. Til I lived in italy, then I heard Americans referring to the country as America. We seriously have only really said The States (as in going shopping to The States :)

I think you guys do monopolize the term Americans for the same reason mentioned above in that Americans are Americans, Canadians are Canadians, etc. But I don't want to discredit what you are saying as you've got a good point.

In Canada as well none of us are true Canadians, just adopted ones! We've also taken the land from people who did not call themselves Canadians and now it really is such a joke (our anthem could use updating to a few words) since people are seriously from all over the world.

And hey, our helathcare system is good but by no means perfect! Deteriorating over the years, but I know, still pretty good. Now to the Australian above...you guys do have it good! And OMG your minimum wage is actually liveable!

And agree with fellow Cdn above. Here in Toronto weather can be grey and slushy and depressing and cold but nothing like the winters I remember as a kid. Climate change or what?! Don't know weather to be happy or worried. Figure worried but then that gets in the way of all the other stuff to worry about!

Barb, move to Vancouver Island. Gorgeous, lush, green...if you can deal with the rain. Rain even at Chrismas I remember.

Stifler's - posted on 12/19/2010

It's as bad in Australia! There's no such thing as " Australian" we stole our culture from a million other cultures and now people are like IMMIGRANTS THIS BOAT PEOPLE THAT ... we were all boat people and immigrants once

Renae - posted on 12/18/2010

Huh. Interesting. What I think really doesn't count, since I'm Australian, but here goes anyway...

I thought an "American" was a person who is a citizen of the USA. When we say "Americans" that is what we mean. The country of Argentina is on the continent of South America (I hope otherwise I need a geography lesson!), but an Argentinan is an Argentinan, not an American, just like someone from Mexico is a Mexican, right?? Someone from Canada is a Canadian.

All sounds a bit to complicated for my liking!

Just move to Aus! Things are far more simple, and we have free health care, free university education (well free up front, the government pays and you pay them back), lots of jobs etc.

Didn't help in the slightest did I :) LOL

Julianne - posted on 12/18/2010

oh i just noticed the "frozen ass tundra" comment....since the climate has been changing, Canada is effected drastically. Just since i was a child the amount of snow is insanely different. When i was 5, my mom use to tell me not to touch the power lines when i went outside(the snow was too high), usually a week every winter the schools are shut down because they needed to be dug out when i was growing up. Snow started in october and didnt go away until april, sometimes may. NOW on the other hand. Snow lasts maybe a month, and we get maybe 2 feet of it. I haven't seen a good storm in at least ten years.(besides white won, but that didnt really hit my area.)

Julianne - posted on 12/18/2010

LOL Canadians welcome everyone!

Katherine - posted on 12/18/2010

I see what you mean. It's a melting pot of different races and cultures. Just because you live somewhere doesn't make it YOU.
I mean if I moved to Ireland, would I be Irish?
No one is 100% American unless you're a Native. Man am I making any sense?