Social so I will top-post.
The southern USAians may not like to be called "Yank"
I know some people use "You'alls"  but then I think that a 'Yank' maybe upset.
How about 'Staters'
Chris

> Hey,
> 
> I just stumbled upon two interesting Wikipedia articles on the term
> "American". The first discusses the issue of using the word American
> to refer to USAians and the other suggests a series of alternate
> terms:
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_words_for_American
> 
> Some of the alternate names include:
> 
> Statesider, Uesican, Uessian, Unisan, Unisian, United Stater, USAian,
> U.S. American, Usan, USAn, Usanian.
> 
> Maybe we should have an informal vote. Though I'd like to add "Yank"
> to the list. :-)
> 
> Cheers,
> Daniel.


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