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i know to those in the United States, "American" means from The States. however, Canadians see themselves as American as well. then there's Mexico (which is indeed a part of North America), and then '''all''' of Central and South America. so does this category encompass them all, or should the category be renamed to "Crews from the United States"? '''[[User:Silverdragon706|FyreNWater]]''' - <small>([[User talk:Silverdragon706|Talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/FyreNWater|Contributions]] )</small> 16:45, October 27, 2007 (EDT) | i know to those in the United States, "American" means from The States. however, Canadians see themselves as American as well. then there's Mexico (which is indeed a part of North America), and then '''all''' of Central and South America. so does this category encompass them all, or should the category be renamed to "Crews from the United States"? '''[[User:Silverdragon706|FyreNWater]]''' - <small>([[User talk:Silverdragon706|Talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/FyreNWater|Contributions]] )</small> 16:45, October 27, 2007 (EDT) | ||
:I don't know a single Canadian who considers themselves an American. The word "American" in the English language is rarely used to refer to anyone other than people from the United States. If you really feel up to the challenge of renaming it, bear in mind that it also requires the laborious task of editing every article contained in [[:Category:American smashers]] as well for standardization. Haha, be my guest, but I ain't doin' it! :^) Even so, though, you'd be fighting quite a losing battle on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_Civil_War American Civil War], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football American Football], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian American Indian] and the fact that by law, products that are labelled as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Made_in_USA_label American-made] all have to | :I don't know a single Canadian who considers themselves an American. The word "American" in the English language is rarely used to refer to anyone other than people from the United States. If you really feel up to the challenge of renaming it, bear in mind that it also requires the laborious task of editing every article contained in [[:Category:American smashers]] as well for standardization. Haha, be my guest, but I ain't doin' it! :^) Even so, though, you'd be fighting quite a losing battle on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_Civil_War American Civil War], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football American Football], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian American Indian] and the fact that by law, products that are labelled as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Made_in_USA_label American-made] all have to legally carry a "Made in USA" label. -- <font color="000023">'''[[User:Randall00|RJM]]'''</font> <sup>''[[User talk:Randall00|Talk]]''</sup> 16:59, October 27, 2007 (EDT) | ||