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• ObtuseDoorFrame@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  When someone says American, it’s ambiguous what they actually mean. I assume they mean resident of the USA because it’s the norm, but technically you could be talk about a Canadian or a Brazilian. Language should be precise. I think that’s why I see so many people using the term USian on Lemmy.

  Just because the whole world uses the term doesn’t mean it isn’t harmful.

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  • StillAlive@piefed.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    When someone says American, it’s ambiguous what they actually mean.

    2 minutes later:

    Just because the whole world uses the term doesn’t mean it isn’t harmful.

    Is it an ambiguous term or the whole world uses it?

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  • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    but technically you could be talk about a Canadian or a Brazilian.

    No, that would be a North American or Canadian. You always covered this yourself.

    Give your head a shake and get lost.

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    • ObtuseDoorFrame@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Asshole.

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      • PhoenixDog@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Hey bud. I’m Canadian. I’m Canadian and North American. If anyone ever called me an ‘American’ I’d punch them in the throat. The last thing I ever want to be compared to is your dogbowl of a country.

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  • plantfanatic@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I’ve never seen that term before.

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    • PhoenixDog@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      No one has. I live in Canada. If anyone called me ‘American’ I’d take compete offence to the word. If they called me North American, I’d nod.

      OP is an idiot.

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    • piranhaconda@mander.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I’ve only ever seen it used on lemmy. I don’t like it. Mostly because I don’t know how to pronounce it.

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