I could never have come to China and had this same conversation with you. I'm Chinese. the name "Canton" is Chinese, and is ONLY Chinese. it has been morroewed into the English language, but will forever be Chinese. you cannot change that fact to give an aire of importance to yourself.

the application of Canton to Guangzhou is confusing like the application of Florida might be to New York

Canton doesn not mean Guangzhou in the same way that Florida cannot ever equal New York, though I'm sure there are people in the world who, like you and your forefathers, might try to mislabel out of sheer ignorance.

Canton is a Chinese word. Get over it. Find your own word. Canton has one meaning, Guangdong. or are you simply unwilling to admit that your exploitive ancestors made a mistake and actually didnt even care about it or were so preoccupied with pushing opium for sex that didnt even bother to recognize such a blatently stupid mistake which was such an integral part of their lives.

it doesnt surprise me, I know people who have been in China 20 years and are still as ignorant as they were when they first got here, and just as ignorant as their early forefathers were