• atzanteol@sh.itjust.works
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    10 months ago

    Unitedstatesians

    The word you want is “Americans”.

    I also would like political stuff kept out of non-political communities.

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      10 months ago

      if U.S. is America, than why is it U.S. of America?

      Canadians too are americans, like Mexicans are americans

      imagine if Germans thought that European meant German 🤷

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        10 months ago

        It doesn’t matter what makes sense to you. “American” is the correct term.

        Do you also say “Unitedkingdomers” since the “British Isles” includes the Republic of Ireland?

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          10 months ago

          no, you just say Irish, they’re lucky like that.

          when precision is needed, we also have English, Scottish, Welsh &c.

          Mexicans and Canadians too are Americans. So i will just call you Bob from now on.

          Hello Bob, how’s your day?

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        10 months ago

        The U.S. are far from the only people that colloquially call us “Americans.” This is a non issue.

        And if you really want to be pedantic, all South Americans are Americans too.

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        10 months ago

        Canadians and Mexicans are “North Americans”. Brazilians are “South Americans”. People who live in the US call themselves Americans. That’s just how language works, buddy. If it irritates your pedantic bone so much, the only solution is to build a time machine to go back a few centuries and change it.