The proportion of "US Americans" who would self-describe as a "Yank" must be vanishingly small. I think the first rule about names is that the named person should recognize the results.

You would think so, but Christ never thought of himself as Christ; Hindu is a name made up by outsiders; and Germany sounds nothing like Deutschland.

Anyway I was just seeking compromise.

"Yank" doesn't really work either, sorry.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee#In_other_English-speakin...

You'll just have to live with the fact that English doesn't have a convenient word.

Even here in Italy, "americano" is much more common than statunitense.

Nobody says yanks besides australians. And they don't really do it that much.