[vanjoe]

Really? I've never referred to myself as American. North American perhaps, but never American.

[Taniwha]

I've run into people who take great offence at not being considered "American" (I remember a bunch of Colombian guys at WWDC a decade or so ago getting particularly annoyed)

The thing is that most people from the US are probably completely unaware that other Americans feel this way

[lmm]

Conversely, though, I've known Canadians who get offended at being called "American".