Just doing a bit of post-vacation post catch-up...

Welcome xara. It's always nice to see (read) new people on board.

It's interesting to note that you do consider other countries as American. Generally, I have found United Statsians (I love that name) have adopted 'American' as their own and that they do not readily share it with others.

Mind you, any Canadian will staunchly defend his being 'not an American' (no insult intended) so I guess the title is yours . It seems odd because I do not see the same thing when talking to Europeans.