Well, everybody born in the american continent is technically “american” too, including Central and South America. Is there a specific term in english for these people?
In Germany we call them “US-Amerikaner”.
How do you call someone born in the US besides "American"?
Submitted 1 year ago by valveman@lemmy.eco.br to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
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Kantapper_Kantapper@feddit.de 1 year ago
workerONE@lemmy.world 1 year ago
United Statesman
LaChaleurDeLaNuit@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Unironically I know a few languages that use this term, namely French and Portuguese.
Granixo@feddit.cl 1 year ago
Also Spanish 🇪🇸
EsteemedRectangle@lemmynsfw.com 1 year ago
Murican. Defenders of Freedom. Liberators of Liberty. Hot Dogs. Butch.
opponent019@kbin.social 1 year ago
It also really bothers me that they get to coin the whole American term when it's a terrible representation of America as a continent, the USA doesn't really even have a proper name, it's a description, kinda like calling a dog Dog. Mexico's full name is actually Mexican United States of America.
I personally call them united-statesian when the word gringo doesn't fit the context, which is the translation of estadounidense from Spanish. But it's so stupid because whatever you call them applies to so many more people than just them because they don't have a name! And their states are not really that united.Bridger@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Especially since one of the states- Hawaii- is not in the Americas
BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world 1 year ago
omg, you just blew my mind 😮
We need to change our name to Some United States of America and the Pacific and also Caribbean and Oceania Territories (SUSAPCOT), which could be turned into Susapcotians.
Hi! I’m a Susapcotian 😁 <- big stereotypical Susapcotian smile
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 year ago
In our defense they weren’t a state until our country was nearly 200 years old
jmhdBV8l@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Gringo or gabacho.
valveman@lemmy.eco.br 1 year ago
AFAIK, the word “gringo” is used by latinos to refer to anyone from other countries, not specifically US citizens. But yeah, definitely gringo
alehc@lemmy.world 1 year ago
In mexico is pretty much exclusive to people from the US, don’t know about the rest of the continent tho.
VulKendov@reddthat.com 1 year ago
From what I’ve seen “gringo” refers to white people
Phrodo_00@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It varies from country to country. Can be either.
LordOfLocksley@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Treasonous Colonial
Blastasaurus@lemm.ee 1 year ago
First off, there is also a North America.
Second, those of us in North and South America refer to ourselves as such. Canadians are North Americans, not Americans.
Third, Americans are usually referred to as Yankees or Yanks outside of America, much like the English are referred to as Poms and the Canadians referred to as Canucks.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Wait English are poms?
kiwifoxtrot@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Poms indeed.
arquebus_x@kbin.social 1 year ago
Stick with "American" because not only is it partially accurate geographically, it's completely accurate in terms of how self-centered we are as a nation as to think we're the only ones who count.
Raddnaar@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
US bashing is getting old, tired and trite.
rimorso@feddit.it 1 year ago
In Italian he/she would be called statunitense, statunitensi for they.
cmder@lemmy.world 1 year ago
In french you can say états-unien and you might translate it as States-nan
Zeth0s@lemmy.world 1 year ago
In Italian “statunitensi”, i.e. United States people
valveman@lemmy.eco.br 1 year ago
So, basically every language has a specific word for US citizens, except english? LOL
neomis@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I mean you can try and call them by their state but really we’re just American. And we’re selfish enough we claim it exclusively and let other countries in the americas go by their country name or add extra details to the America term
BombOmOm@lemmy.world 1 year ago
To be fair, American is the most notable part of the United States of America’s country name. Calling them Unitedians would be silly, particularly with how prevalent ‘United’ is in full country names.
karlach@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The demonym for the United States is American: en.wikipedia.org/…/List_of_adjectival_and_demonym…
Anyone from the anywhere in the Americas could be ‘American’. ‘North American’ would narrow the results further to only people in North America. So ‘North American’ is a more accurate descriptor for people from the United States.
Canada is in northern North America.
The United States is in central North America (central based on longitude).
Mexico is in southern North America.
So people from the United States are Central North Americans. Cenoricans ? Cenoramis?
JonEFive@midwest.social 1 year ago
I think you just summoned a demon
weew@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
USAdian
VinesNFluff@pawb.social 1 year ago
Stinky Gringo
wombatula@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Judging from playing video games in EU lobbies, “Hamburger”?
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 year ago
Though I live in North America…
EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Which is part of Earth
Which is in the Sol system
So really, we are all Solarians
z00s@lemmy.world 1 year ago
But we live on Earth
So we’re all Earthicans
tslnox@reddthat.com 1 year ago
Tau’ri!
HardlightCereal@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Usonano
uniqueid198x@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
I generally use ‘USican’, pronounced yoo-ess-ican. Every seemseto understand me.
sqw@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
yank
nomecks@lemmy.world 1 year ago
This, especially if you’re trolling right wing Americans.
Kase@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Idk about everybody else, but you can call me Michael (or kase, obv) :)
Socsa@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
美国人
admin@lemmy.mohammadodeh.com 1 year ago
Screeches in freedom eagles 🦅🦅🦅
pno2nr@lemmy.world 1 year ago
If you call them “idiot” you have a 50/50 chance of being right.
sqw@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
ratio not high enough
Lemminary@lemmy.world 1 year ago
But then what do I call the people in my country? It’s around 50% as well!
Rentlar@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
♪Booooooorn in the US-A!♪
and you have to sing it in tune to use this term correctly.
KidnappedByKitties@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Simple, USAmerican
zazaserty@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
In spanish its estadounidense
TheHotze@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Technically you could shorten it the other way to Unionist. Which is likely to be confusing, but on the plus side might make some idiots mad.
PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 1 year ago
In Arabic there’s multiple possibilities depending on the speaker, but my favorite is “Amrikani”
Resol@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Here in Morocco we call them “Mirikani”, so it’s not that far off.
calypsopub@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I am learning Swahili and it’s Mmarekani which I bungle the spelling of constantly
thlcn@lemmy.world 1 year ago
In Czech one could say Amíci! Latin anyone?
JAJLWolf@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
I’ve heard “USAmerican” used
Neon@lemmy.world 1 year ago
US-Americans
kool_newt@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I like this one, it’s easy to say and clear.