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rbesfe@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

North and South America are so big and diverse that there’s really no usage for the term “American” being used to refer to everyone on both continents. US just took the term for themselves and no one really cared enough to complain

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huginn@feddit.it ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
Spanish speaking nations complain. They don’t mean USA when they say Americano

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- CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
  Okay, but most people in the US wouldn’t call themselves Americano.
  
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  - Portosian@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
    Well, no. That’s a kind of coffee.
    
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- iegod@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
  Holup being from Spanish America I promise you Americano does in fact mean American, despite all complaints.
  
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  - dustyData@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
    What are you talking about, all my life it’s been “estadounidense”. Americano was always politically charged and used by those promoting globalization.
    
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    milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
    Now this is the most interesting comment chain so far for me.
    
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  - huginn@feddit.it ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
    Not using EEUU?
    
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