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Stop calling USAians "Americans" - it only solidifies their belief that they own 2 continents (fedia.io)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/boycottus@lemmy.ca
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Language can be powerful in shaping ideas and the US has convinced the entire world that they are the "Americans" and everybody else on the 2 continents aren't.

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[–] 10 points 10 months ago* (4 children)

I use “US-Americans” consistently, for a start I wouldn’t want to insult the Canadians. I also use “yanks” or the German “Ami” - but the latter sounds too much like the French word for “friend” so now unusable.

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  • [–] [S] 12 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Yank does have a nice ring to it. Yanking away people's rights abroad, yanking away their democracies, ... yank.

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