29 Sep 14, 05:08PM
It's a culture thing, Nightmare. If you introduce yourself in Spanish to someone from South America with "I'm American", their first reaction will be "Me too, what country?" because the term American DOES refer to the Americas (North AND South), and some will be rather insulted that you would consider the US to be the ONLY America. The proper term to say I'm American in Spanish is I'm United States-ian.