Best not get too deeply into that "American" word, it rarely makes sense the way it's being used.
Because its usage by many ppl seems to imply it only means US-Americans when the term "American" clearly also includes south americans and canadians, for example.
World wide people from the USA are generally referred to as " Americans " , people from Canada and Mexico are NOT . They are generally referred to as Canadian and Mexican .... DUH
World wide people from the USA are generally referred to as " Americans " , people from Canada and Mexico are NOT . They are generally referred to as Canadian and Mexican .... DUH
That's my take on it too. If I wish to broaden the term I tend to use the phrase "people from the Americas".
Well, Kaku looks Japanese too and he's definitely American.
Dafq is 'American'?! To me, it's Native American.
Kaku is Japanese by origin, I guess. So is Nakamura.
Ok, so I'm not Spaniard I guess. At the end, all of us are Africans.
Spain is a beautiful country . I really enjoyed the time I spent in Spain and the places I visited ... the largest and strongest chess tourney I ever played was there in 2004 .
I've read that when Colombus set on his journey, they wanted to reach India (from a different route), and that's where they thought they had arrived, so they called native Americans "Indians" 
No he wasnt, his real name is Mackamura and he was born in Scotland, but he changed it to Nakamura so he could go to America. Same with Carlsen, his real name is, MacArlsen
that really made me laugh
NM Reb: Thanks. Chess is very popular in some cities.
he is from thailand
That one is kleelof.
Spain is a beautiful country . I really enjoyed the time I spent in Spain and the places I visited ... the largest and strongest chess tourney I ever played was there in 2004 .
Why did you leave....
?
Hakamura is from New Zealand.
Spain is a beautiful country . I really enjoyed the time I spent in Spain and the places I visited ... the largest and strongest chess tourney I ever played was there in 2004 .
Why did you leave....
?
I was living in Portugal and often traveled to Spain for chess and holidays from Portugal . I left to move back home ( USA ) in 2011 .
Spain is a beautiful country . I really enjoyed the time I spent in Spain and the places I visited ... the largest and strongest chess tourney I ever played was there in 2004 .
Why did you leave....
?
I was living in Portugal and often traveled to Spain for chess and holidays from Portugal . I left to move back home ( USA ) in 2011 .
ok then, why did you leave the Iberian Peninsula and went back to the USA?
(if you don't mind telling us, of course)
i'm asking cause i have the impression that you liked it better there
I liked the chess there better and a few other things but moved back home because there really is no place like home . 
Believe me, I wouldn't mind living in Iceland, a civilized country, better than here. I only would miss the food...
Believe me, I wouldn't mind living in Iceland, a civilized country, better than here. I only would miss the food...
What about the sunny weather? I think you would miss that, too
I've read that when Colombus set on his journey, they wanted to reach India (from a different route), and that's where they thought they had arrived, so they called native Americans "Indians"
Christopher Columbus was a tolerable geographer who knew, as did most educated people in his day, that the earth was round. He was also intensely interested in a particular academic debate (although his interest in the pursuit of gold was at least as important as his interest in the pursuit of knowledge; it is often argued that he was equally interested in the pursuit of souls). Experts disagreed as to the size of the earth. Columbus was among those who agreed with the smaller estimates; in fact, his estimate was almost the smallest anyone had ventured. As it turns out, his opponents were right. Because of his inaccurate calculations, when Columbus made landfall in what became known later as the Caribbean (another misnomer, resulting from a fear of cannibalism) approximately where he expected, he thought he was just east of India, Thus the indigenous inhabitants of the Americas have been labeled Indians ever since.
J. S., "An Introduction to the Cultural Word Wars," in Introduction to American Indian Studies Course Packet (Kinkos, 1992), 101.
http://historynotebook.blogspot.com/2007/11/columbus-and-flat-earth.html
Well, Kaku looks Japanese too and he's definitely American.
Dafq is 'American'?! To me, it's Native American.
Kaku is Japanese by origin, I guess. So is Nakamura.