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The term has a more complex meaning in America. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Anglo-Saxon_Protestants#Anglo-Saxon_in_modern_usage https://en.wikipedia.or

• finiteseries 6y ago
  Every American cited in this section, Anglo-Saxon in modern usage, is dead. The only remaining usage of Anglo Saxon in the contemporary USA is as part of the already antiquated “WASP” term. Anglo Saxon in reference to the US is in my very-online anecdotal experience roughly ~70% French speakers, 15% continental Europeans, and 15% race based nationalists. Americans usually just say “white”, even when specifically referring to classic WASP cases, especially after the Germans, Italians, and other ethnic groups were absorbed over the last century.
  • Pyramus 6y ago
    Thank you for the replies with respect to my usage of the term 'Anglo-Saxon', which I had not really reflected upon. In Germany the term is used to refer to the germanic tribe of the same name, which settled in Britain, and its asserted descendents, i.e. a somewhat loose collection of Great Britain, the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
  • Bakary 6y ago
    To be more precise, Anglo-saxon in French refers to the anglosphere and its culture. It's a commonly used word with neutral connotations