Ok, first lets count to 10, you calm now.
America is a continent, not a country. If I used "Americans" instead of Yankees I would be wrong since Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina etc, are all American countries, and the people that inhabit them are also American.
A more accurate name for the people who live in the US would be statesmen, but that could be viewed as gender specific.
Perhaps opening an atlas could remedy this before you shoot your mouth off making you look more or less like a loose cannon who speaks before thinking. Or maybe just get a sense of humour, or get your government to teach the metric system like every other country in the world.
I have no problem with the name Canuck, in fact in Vancouver we have a hockey team named the Canucks. Also, I sometimes uses Canuck as a reference to myself on US based message boards.
If you took offence to being called a yankee, I'm sorry but that is something your going to have to get used to living the United States.
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