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[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 11 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

because calling them "american" implies the USA is the entire continent. i cant really call myself an american, even though i am.

they stole the word to mean "them" like the rest of the continent doesnt matter.

also in my country we call it "estadunidense", which roughly translates to "usian".

[-] RandomVideos@programming.dev 3 points 5 days ago

American is obviously a way worse name. I was suggesting using "someone from the USA", but usian also makes sense considering the context

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago

yeah, i usually say "people from the us" but i miss having a single word for it, like "danish" or "chinese"

[-] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago

Interesting. In Canada we just refer to the country as US, but to its denizens as Americans.

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