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• SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  but technically you could be talk about a Canadian or a Brazilian.

  No, that would be a North American or Canadian. You always covered this yourself.

  Give your head a shake and get lost.

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  • ObtuseDoorFrame@lemmy.zip ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Asshole.

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    • PhoenixDog@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Hey bud. I’m Canadian. I’m Canadian and North American. If anyone ever called me an ‘American’ I’d punch them in the throat. The last thing I ever want to be compared to is your dogbowl of a country.

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• plantfanatic@sh.itjust.works ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I’ve never seen that term before.

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  • PhoenixDog@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    No one has. I live in Canada. If anyone called me ‘American’ I’d take compete offence to the word. If they called me North American, I’d nod.

    OP is an idiot.

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  • piranhaconda@mander.xyz ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I’ve only ever seen it used on lemmy. I don’t like it. Mostly because I don’t know how to pronounce it.

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• StillAlive@piefed.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  When someone says American, it’s ambiguous what they actually mean.

  2 minutes later:

  Just because the whole world uses the term doesn’t mean it isn’t harmful.

  Is it an ambiguous term or the whole world uses it?

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