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Dessalines to Memes@lemmy.ml • 22 days ago

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Dessalines to Memes@lemmy.ml • 22 days ago
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  • themeatbridge
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    21•22 days ago

    The hell is a USian?

    • davel [he/him]
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      17•22 days ago

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

      • @Kallestar@lemmy.ml
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        1•21 days ago

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

    • @TOModera@lemmy.world
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      16•22 days ago

      Citizen of the United States

      • Sundray
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        7•22 days ago

        There are two United States.

        • @jenesaisquoi@feddit.org
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          2•21 days ago

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

          • Sundray
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            2•21 days 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
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              2•21 days ago

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

              • Sundray
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                2•21 days ago

                lol, they do!

                • @jenesaisquoi@feddit.org
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                  17 days ago

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

    • @VirgilMastercard@reddthat.com
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      16•22 days 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
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        16•22 days ago

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

      • DessalinesOP
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        14•22 days ago

        The imperial origins of the term America.

        • Nemo's public admirer
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          22 days ago

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

          • Ginny [they/she]
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            4•21 days ago

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

          • DessalinesOP
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            4•22 days ago

            I prefer usonian myself, but there’s no official name shorter than “citizens of the US”.

      • @Soup@lemmy.world
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        11•22 days 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 [he/him]
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          9•22 days ago

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

          • @AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world
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            1•21 days ago

            How about US consumers?

    • tisktisk
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      5•22 days ago

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

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