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Fedizen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• lovely_reader@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I’m curious, where are you from that “American” used on its own doesn’t specifically indicate united-states-of-?

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  • Siegfried@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Latinamerican here. “American” for us is someone who was born in the Americas… i bet it is the same for all latinamerica.

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  • Fedizen@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    American is slang for something or somebody from the US. I live near the canadian border. Canadians, Mexicans and everyone in South America all are technically “americans” and refer to themselves as such occasionally.

    Personally, I’d encourage people to re-adopt the word “Yankees” for US people, its a way funnier word.

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    • chiliedogg@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Too many Confederate flags still flying for that.

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      • Fedizen@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I think its funnier to upset them by calling them yankees.

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  • JargonWagon@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It’s a stamce on here some people have to dub “American” as belonging to all of North and South America. It’s basically just being anti-US as much of Lemmy is.

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• Pegajace@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  They didn’t say “North America,” they said “America.” Everyone who speaks English understands that “America” on its own is almost always in reference to the USA.

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