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[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago

The hell is a USian?

[-] TOModera@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago

Citizen of the United States

[-] sundray@lemmus.org 6 points 10 months ago

There are two United States.

[-] jenesaisquoi@feddit.org 2 points 10 months ago

Yes, but one of them has an actual name so no one has to call it that

[-] sundray@lemmus.org 2 points 10 months ago

Very true. Posted this one out of respect for my cousins who correct me when I use United States to refer to the USA.

[-] jenesaisquoi@feddit.org 2 points 10 months ago

Then again, they probably use estadounidense as demonym for the USA, right?

[-] sundray@lemmus.org 2 points 10 months ago

lol, they do!

[-] jenesaisquoi@feddit.org 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Ask them about it, if possible, please. I'd love to hear about their reaction

[-] davel@lemmy.ml 10 points 10 months ago

Also, Dude, American is not the preferred nomenclature. USian, please.

[-] Kallestar@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

Jeez, Davel, I'm not talking about the guys who expelled the fucking British empire from their tyrannical petite bourgeoisie slave kingdom here.

[-] tisktisk@piefed.social 5 points 10 months ago

I also was hoping it was different from USAian. Needs more 'Merica

[-] VirgilMastercard@reddthat.com 5 points 10 months ago

Sounds like a term created by those people who get weirdly upset at Americans being called Americans because "America is 2 continents so technically everyone from North and South America is American"

[-] Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

Can't blame them who the fuck would want to get associated with USians

[-] dessalines@lemmy.ml 12 points 10 months ago
[-] Achyu@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Shouldn't the term be USAian?
Would have issues when expanded, but someone above mentioned that Mexico is United Mexican States

[-] dessalines@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago

I prefer usonian myself, but there's no official name shorter than "citizens of the US".

[-] svcg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 10 months ago

Yew-ess-ay-ian doesn't flow like yew-ess-ian.

[-] Soup@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

Yea, because it is weird, you dolt. It’s literally just because it’s easier to say that it stuck, but it’s flatly useless. The country’s name is stupid, hard to deal with, and pretty much only the reality on the surface…much like the country itself.

I just say “US citizens”. It would probably be more accurate to say “citizens of the USA” buy my fucking god they aren’t worth that kind of effort.

[-] davel@lemmy.ml 9 points 10 months ago

I don’t usually say “US citizens” because I don’t usually mean only residents with citizenship.

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

How about US consumers?

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