@Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 3 months agoOf all public-facing professions, bus drivers probably get told 'thank you' more than anyone elsemessage-square18arrow-up193file-text
arrow-up193message-squareOf all public-facing professions, bus drivers probably get told 'thank you' more than anyone else@Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 3 months agomessage-square18file-text
minus-square@Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPlinkfedilink8•3 months agoI mean, I didn’t make it up, that’s the dictionary definition of Anglo for American English speakers. I don’t disagree with any of your points, it’s just news to me that “Anglo” is also used to mean “anyone who speaks English”.
minus-squareMudManlinkfedilink11•3 months agoNo, no, I fully believe that this is the way is commonly used in American English. It’s just a very weird way to use it, objectively. And arguably carries an insane amount of implicit racism. But hey, in the interest of understandability I will start referring to you all as the Former British Empire. Guessing that will go down much better.
I mean, I didn’t make it up, that’s the dictionary definition of Anglo for American English speakers. I don’t disagree with any of your points, it’s just news to me that “Anglo” is also used to mean “anyone who speaks English”.
No, no, I fully believe that this is the way is commonly used in American English.
It’s just a very weird way to use it, objectively. And arguably carries an insane amount of implicit racism.
But hey, in the interest of understandability I will start referring to you all as the Former British Empire. Guessing that will go down much better.