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USians - people from the USA. Where is the problem?
Is the term "USians" just something UKians started using recently?
It seems like it? And ngl there's a certain amount of sense to it (or at least people who think about it for one second claim that, whereas people who think about it for three seconds have already moved past it), but it's still a nickname used by outsiders rather than chosen by those to whom it would apply. Plus often used in a denigrating manner such as here - imagine if instead it said:
Or remember when George Bush went around renaming world leaders whatever he wanted to call them in that moment? Donald Trump is doing that lately too...
Traditionally, names used to have meaning, and USian is not a name that Americans have consented to be called. For me that is the end of the story, but I suppose for others who have more incel-like qualities the argument seems to remain that USians will be called by whatever they feel like and like it (I suppose in gratitude for having been deigned to be given any amount of thought at all?).
the quotes at https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/USian suggest it has been in use by canadians since 2005. UKians may have picked it up more recently but that term doesn't really work in comparison, unless you want to emphasise that you are specifically including the northern irish
It's right there in the comment...
Let me show you this handy little guide:
Oops, that appears to apply to Portuguese and Spanish conversations, but all other comments in this context have been in English.
Mas eu estou aprendendo português e agradeço 🙂
It doesn't take interpreter to translate this picture but you can always use Google if you struggle.
Actually, I was already familiar with those words in Portuguese. However, your guide made me realize that I didn't know the Portuguese word for "South American." According to Google Translate, it's "sul-americano." Thanks for helping me learn 🙂
However, your guide is for Spanish or Portuguese, not English. This matters because most romance-language-speaking countries are taught that "América" is one continent. In contrast, most English-speaking countries are taught that North and South America are two separate continents, not one single continent called "America."
Who gives a fuck what USians learn at school? They also learn that USA is a democracy. 🙄
Did I mention anything exclusive to what schools in USA teach?
I did mention "most English-speaking countries" though. Is that what you're referring to? Here's a fun fact: USA is not the only English-speaking country. In fact, the language emerged from a place called England – hence the name ;)
Have a fun fact - I don't give a flying fuck.
If not, then why are you so hostile about it?
Actually – why are you so hostile about everything? It seems like most (or all?) of your recent posts and comments are negative, hostile, hateful, etc. You might be one of the most negative people on this platform. Do you just hate it here or something?
Your account is more than a year old (created
2024-07-05T02:03:51.795869Z). You have 334 posts and 4,412 comments. I'm very curious: If I were to run a sentiment analysis on that data, would it be possible to find a single positive thing you've ever said? Or even just "neutral" sentiment? Or are you just 100% pure hate?That's simple - USians are people living in the USA and this is what I will keep calling them. They are not more "Americans" than people from Mexico or Canada.
And BTW, I am an extremely positive person, I just don't suffer fools gladly.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/not-suffer-fools-gladly