Basic school knowledge? Is that something to brag about?
Tormentos, you are failing even at that...
The "gentile" words or demonyms are stablished by the very own sovereign State that'll adopt it to it's people. The USA has adopted "american" or "american people". Even us, brazilians, have registered in our dictionaries 4 demonyms for the USA's citizens: norte-americano, estadunidense, estado-unidense and americano. Americano being american. Why? Simply because we can't ignore their right to self-determination and to their self-proclaimed identity, as a people and as a nation. Just as they have to admit us as brazilians. You have a problem with disambiguation of words that have more than one meaning? You and I are still americans, but in another sense.
Who are you to tell Brazil what to officially adopt as demonym? People from the city of São Paulo, in the State of São Paulo, are not called "são paulinos" like some would believe, but paulistanos... simply because the municipality found that to be historically and culturally more appropriate, and made that the official "gentÃlico" or demonym. The same goes for any State, City, etc. That's a sovereign power, and self-determination a right stablished by international agreements and standards.
And you calling @cainetao11 racist is obvious slander. You are also american, because the US's nationality legislation recognises puerto ricans as americans, but that doesn't allow you to dictate how one should be patriotic or if he shouldn't be, and on what terms.
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