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Why do authoritarian states have 'Democratic' or 'People's' in their names? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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[–] -1 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I gave you an upvote because while i'm USian, I firmly believe that "American" is a proper term for people of the United States of America.

I also am fine with the folks (mostly Brazilians in my experience) who want to use "American" to refer to people of the Americas (or the continent of America for those that consider it a single continent).

Both work fine.

It's usually pretty darn clear from context which is meant, just like with Georgia (a US state and the English name for a country).

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    It's always clear from context. In English "American" means a denizen of the USA. Spanish and Portugese have different words for that.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    You sound like you think you're disagreeing? Because we agree

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Just not leaving wiggle room for contrarians.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    OH yeah? Wanna bet? I'm a contrarian and I have LOTS of wiggle room.

    Just sayin'.

    (Just being silly because I have long described myself as a contrarian and so rarely find anyone who knows the word, so it's quite pleasant and gave me a warm fuzzy feeling. lol)

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