We have Anglophile and Francophile, but what do we call someone who is a lover of the Americas - par

We have Anglophile and Francophile, but what do we call someone who is a lover of the Americas - particularly North America?

John Ellis, Northwich, England

• A capitalist.

  Matthew Taylor, Oxford

• Head of Programming at Channel 4.

  James, Sydney, Australia

• In truth, Anglophiles do not necessarily like the English, nor Francophiles the French, it is the culture and traditions they go for. American (US) culture (yes it does exist) and tradition has been a melting pot of what they liked best from other nations and what their new citizens from across the globe brought with them. They are a young nation, but where they have had notable cultural success, as in music (ie Jazz, Rock) and film, they have also exported it so well that they have made it seem quite international, rather than American. Although there is no equivalent of the anglo/francophile, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and the World has been imitating the US throughout the 20th Century.

  As for the World War thing, it is a great shame to lose the Americans. Next time we'll just have to get bailed out by the Russians, Canadians, Indians, Pakistanis, South Africans, Burmese, Australians, French, Poles?

  Bob, London

• To get back to your original question, why not use "americanophile"? It is a wee bit wordy, but then so is "triskadecophobia".

  T Young, London

• I like Yankophile as opposed to Americanophile (and yes I am one). It simply sounds better. So in the tradition of the English language lets just use this word and eventually it will find its way into the dictionary and be the correct word to use. As for the WWII debate (myth) about who bailed whom out, or rather which nation did more to defeat the Ethel Merman?s (Germans) and win the war I think 20 Million dead Russians may provide the answer to this question.

  Matt , Ne York US

• Wankerphile

  Tony, Perth Australia

• 'Americophile', if you choose to believe this: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:English_nationality_prefixes

  Jo Lai, Malacca Malaysia

• As an American who finds much to critique in American culture, and as a life long student of the 20th Century (wars and all), I hope to remind those of similar interest that it is a simple matter of fact in terms of world war two. If the U.S. had not come to the rescue of Britain (both before Pearl Harbor) and more demonstrably and militarily after, December 1941, Europe and Britain would have fallen to Germany. It would have fallen to Germany notwithstanding the unspeakable Russian death toll. All one needs do, is to examine the history and the irrefutable evidence. Amen.

  Liz, NYC, US

• A Californian.

  Harold Miles, Memphis, Tennessee, US