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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsApparently we must now be referred to as United Statesians
Because calling ourselves Americans is offense to everyone else on the North and South American continents.
Saying Leo XIV is the first American Pope, obviously meaning the first from the United States should be discouraged.
I had always heard Canadians hate it when someone calls them an American. But this must not be true, because they are from America don't want people from the US to only use that term.
LauraInLA
(2,248 posts)Americanos
LauraInLA
(2,248 posts)its fair to recognize its a bit of a sore point for a lot of people, especially when they feel like the USA has been throwing its weight around. Ive had friends tell me it seems like we think were the only Americans who matter.
In the end, I dont care and call myself an American.
edhopper
(37,519 posts)the only thing most of the world calls us.
I don't care much. But the butthurt on calling Leo the first American Pope is ridiculous.
ProfessorGAC
(77,276 posts)I've worked in 41 countries & I always got things like "Where in America do you live?, "Were you born in America?", "How do elections work in America?" And, so on. (On the business side "Is your company American?" Or "How many sites do you have in America?"
I don't remember anybody ever asking me a question like that where it wasnt't "America". It wasnt the "United States".
Sympthsical
(11,114 posts)But colloquially, every native Spanish speaker I know uses Americano.
Or just gringo, lol.
But if you were ever filling out forms in a Spanish speaking country, go with estadounidense as the formal term.
surfered
(14,285 posts)She put the Canadian Maple Lesf on her backpack.
edhopper
(37,519 posts)she was American?
newdeal2
(5,601 posts)edhopper
(37,519 posts)it refers to one man.
newdeal2
(5,601 posts)And that AI robot who stands next to him sometimes.
LauraInLA
(2,248 posts)tritsofme
(19,933 posts)edhopper
(37,519 posts)everyone saying Leo is the first American Pope is saying it in English.
tritsofme
(19,933 posts)edhopper
(37,519 posts)Many here.
ImNotGod
(1,216 posts)msongs
(74,186 posts)Except Leo XIV can't say he is American if he means the United States.
nilram
(3,562 posts)whenever it came up in my last half-century. "American," as it is commonly used, always seemed ignorant, imHo.
Renew Deal
(85,350 posts)
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