Comment on Americans rarely refer to the US as America

PiraHxCx@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• NaibofTabr@infosec.pub ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  estadounidenses

  people actually use this in conversation?

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  • PiraHxCx@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    When they aren’t USA bootlickers.

    ps: This is Portuguese. US is Estados Unidos.

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    • limpatzk@bookwyr.me ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      When they aren’t imperialist bootlickers.

      That’s not an ABSOLUTE true if you’re talking about Brazil. Yes, some people prefer to use the term “estadunidenses” over “americanos” for political reasons, but I’ve seen some people on the far left using the term “americanos” too. The problem is that “estadunidense” is a long word, even if it has just one additional syllable compared to “americanos”. Most Portugese words has 2-3 syllables and people tend to stick with shorter words.

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      • PiraHxCx@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        But have you ever seen someone who is not far left using the term estadounidense/estadunidense?

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    • NaibofTabr@infosec.pub ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Oh I understand the word, it just seems like a lot of syllables.

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