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[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

~~USian*~~

~~you might find americans in general are fine, it's just that specific country.~~

[–] Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

Wait, so "USAmericans" isn't politically correct enough for you? Only "USian" is?

And strictly speaking we have four groups:

  • Americans
  • Latin Americans
  • Whatever the fuck Canadians are. Quebecers are technically Latin Americans.
  • A few Dutch and English speaking places that we collectively pretend don't exist. Like Jamaica and Suriname.
[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I don't think anyone using "USian" is gonna complain about "USAmericans".

Personally, I like Usonian. Or colonialist pig.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 1 points 4 weeks ago

Or colonialist pig.

I'm glad I didn't have a mouthful of the tea I'm enjoying, because I certainly guffawed at that!

[–] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think USAmericans is the right one. Technically a Mexican is a USian because Mexico is United States of Mexico

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago

I think USAmericans is the right one. Technically a Mexican is a USian because Mexico is United Mexican States

fixed it for you

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago

whoops. "usamericans" is fine but i read it as "americans" instead.

i'm gonna be blaming my sleep deprivation 😅

[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago

Eh, Canada kind of sucks as well. Source: Canadian.

[–] hamid@crazypeople.online 1 points 1 month ago

I actually prefer Estadounidense, emphasis on dense