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"In another comment section (Reddit, I believe) there was anecdotal evidence that visitors from Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Poland and Romania regularly outstaye
by Findeton 10y ago
"In another comment section (Reddit, I believe) there was anecdotal evidence that visitors from Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Poland and Romania regularly outstayed their visas and were notorious for violating a tourist visa, hence the additional checks the US wanted to put them through."
Well, what would you think if we said the same thing about US-americans (remember the term american is also from Colombians) from a number of states?
No, we the EU are one and if you do this to Bulgaria, you are doing this to all of us. This is not nationalism, it's actually the opposite.
- muninn_ 10y agoUS Americans are just Americans. Only people who are incredibly pedantic think otherwise.
- clock_tower 10y agoPedantic or Latin American, in my experience; it's not much fun to be forgotten, and I feel their frustration but can't think of a very good solution. "US-American" doesn't really roll off the tongue... Maybe the US could adopt the same ethnonymn as Usa, Japan? :P
- muninn_ 10y agoWhy though? Like what's wrong with being Brazilian or Chilean??
- Findeton 10y agoBrazilians and Chileans are Americans too. Even though they are from another continent.
- muninn_ 10y agoWell they are South Americans then. In my experience (my Brazilian friends at least) they prefer being called Brazilian. Nobody except those with an axe to grind or more time than is good for them care that people from the United States of America are called Americans. I really wish people would just grow up and stop caring about stupid little things like that.
- cplanas 10y agoOr people for who English is not their first language. In Spanish at least, an "americano" is anyone from the Americas. People from the US are "estadounidenses".
- WildUtah 10y agoNobody says estadounidenses. The standard, common word in western hemisphere Spanish for people from the United States is an ethnic slur against us. Which should help indicate how good an idea it is to invite more people from that region to our country.
- cplanas 10y agoIn Spain at least, "estadounidense" is the standard for "American". Which is the ethnic slur?
- rfrank 10y agoGringo
- Findeton 10y agoMaybe it has something to do with the US/CIA fucking up those countries.
- WildUtah 10y agoIt started with the Mexican-American war of 1846, so that is a viable theory (though the CIA was not yet involved). That's the war Mexicans still teach in every Mexican school with a big famous map showing that California and Texas are Mexican territory unjustly stolen by the USA.
- muninn_ 10y agoStolen isn't the right word. Anyway they should just get over it.