Comment Re:For my fellow USians.... (Score 1) 495
There is "North America" and "South America". I'm pretty sure that "North American" is universal understood to be someone from any country in North America.
Ever wonder why there are 5 rings on the Olympic flag? There's one ring for each continent: Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania, and America.
In the USA we're taught that there are seven continents -- but in some other countries they teach that there are five continents. So your concept of "North America" might not be as universal as you believe.
I'm pretty sure that "American" is universally understood to be someone from any country in America.