Well, everybody born in the american continent is technically “american” too, including Central and South America. Is there a specific term in english for these people?
Edit: Thanks for all your answers, especially the wholesome ones and those patient enough to explain it thoroughly. Since we (South Americans) and you (North Americans) use different models/conventions of continent boundaries, it makes sense for you to go by “Americans”, while it doesn’t for us.
I’ve heard this in Australia but nowhere else. Is this Australian slang, or does somewhere else use it too?
NZ and UK use it too. I think I first learned it from a Brit.
We Brits generally use Yank, but Seppo is more Oz than UK. Though Aussie slang does tend to catch on on over here for some reason…