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From Spain here, when we want to speak about USA people we use the term "yankee" or "gringo" rather than "american" cause our americans arent from USA, that terms are correct or mean other things?

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[-] Hyphlosion@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

I like to look at it this way. The full name of Mexico is the United States of Mexico. But we still call them Mexicans.

It’s totally okay to call people from the United States of America as Americans. Everyone knows what you mean anyways.

this post was submitted on 23 Feb 2025

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