Comment on Americans rarely refer to the US as America

• PiraHxCx@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  When they aren’t USA bootlickers.

  ps: This is Portuguese. US is Estados Unidos.

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  • NaibofTabr@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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  • limpatzk@bookwyr.me ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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      • limpatzk@bookwyr.me ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        To be honest I don’t know, “estadunidense” is not as used as “americano”, but I do think you’re right. People who use “estadunidense” tend to be more anti-US.

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