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NaevaTheRat@vegantheoryclub.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Deceptichum@quokk.au ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  usaians

  Cringe.

  Just say Americans mate, we all know you’re not referring to the inhabitants of North America or South America.

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  • NaevaTheRat@vegantheoryclub.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Nah, it’s funny ribbing them over their egotistical exceptionalism. you know they almost named their country freedonia?

    Imagine meeting a German who refers to themselves as a Eurasian, cringe shit that is.

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  • teft@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Mexicans are americans.

    Colombians are americans.

    Brazilians are americans.

    Unitedstates-ians are americans.

    It’s funny because spanish doesn’t have this problem. They call the people from the US estadounidenses which basically is unitedstates-ian.

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  • eureka@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    by not using the countries name

    “America” is not their country’s name either (“USA” is actually closer, now that you mention it)

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    • Zagorath@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      America is the country’s short/familiar name. Like how the Commonwealth of Australia is just called Australia, the United Mexican States is called Mexico, and the Republic of China is called Taiwan.

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• grue@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  *USians

  Your version has too many vowels.

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