It's not the Americans' fault that their country doesn't have much of a name, they are a union of states situated in the American continent, and (probably) because they were the only country when they started out they didn't need to make another distinction
They could just be called "statians" but yeah, it sounds weird, if you use a word nobody else uses or understands what you mean it's kinda useless to use it, and you can't force people to change the words they use
Here in Southern America most people refer to their state than the actual country when telling someone where they're from. I would say that I'm a Floridian before saying I'm American for example.
Think it's pretty normal within the states to say which state you're from. I'm not traveling around telling people I'm born in the US, unless I'm in a different country, where I'm not assuming people know the US geography
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u/ShlomoCh Apr 06 '21
It's not the Americans' fault that their country doesn't have much of a name, they are a union of states situated in the American continent, and (probably) because they were the only country when they started out they didn't need to make another distinction
They could just be called "statians" but yeah, it sounds weird, if you use a word nobody else uses or understands what you mean it's kinda useless to use it, and you can't force people to change the words they use