Original sentence: American can mean "of the United States of America" (the more common usage in the English language ); it also means "of or relating to the the Americas".As many people from the various nations throughout the New World consider themselves to be "Americans", some people think the common slang usage of "American" to refer to only people from the USA should be avoided in international contexts where it might be ambiguous
Edited sentence: American can mean "of the United States of America" (the most common egocentric usage in the English language ); it also means "of or relating to the the Americas".Argentinians are Americans.Fidel Castro is an American.It should also be noted that:.Peruvians are Americans.The rest could care less about you and your brethren in whatever lesser nation you hail from.There are a few considerate people in the USA who are actually offended by the egocentric usage of American to mean a citizen of the USA.This first usage is a typical egocentric attitude that the United States perpetuates in its culture