USAian reads better than USAn 🤷 And I’m not going to type out “United Statesman” every time I want to refer to something USAian like a car. “United Statesman car”.
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Eggyhead@kbin.social 1 year agoUSAian
If you really want to go down that road, use something like “United Statesman” or something that actually fits the language. “Americanian” is absurd and people will take you less seriously for it.
onlinepersona@programming.dev 1 year ago
Eggyhead@kbin.social 1 year ago
“USAian” doesn’t read better than anything when it’s a made up word that looks ridiculous. Just say “a US car” or “American”.
onlinepersona@programming.dev 1 year ago
No.
Eggyhead@kbin.social 1 year ago
lol alright then. Good luck dictating how a language operates.
crispy_kilt@feddit.de 1 year ago
Spanish has it: estadounidense (unitedstatesian)
Other than that, it’s no one’s fault but the USA’s they gave their country such a stupid name (stealing the one of the continent)
Eggyhead@kbin.social 1 year ago
I really hate to break it to you, but the name “America” didn’t come from the Americans.
crispy_kilt@feddit.de 1 year ago
I hate to break it to you, but the name America as it was chosen by Europeans was meant to be the name of the continent.
The name USA was chosen by unitedstatesians when creating the country. A stupid mistake. Everyone else managed to picj a name, Canada, Mexico, Chile, Argentina… but not the USA.