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Surely the irony is not lost that USians fret over alfalfa and oranges getting shipped overseas after so many decades of shipping oil, autos, bananas, etc. into
by supportlocal4h 4y ago
Surely the irony is not lost that USians fret over alfalfa and oranges getting shipped overseas after so many decades of shipping oil, autos, bananas, etc. into the US from around the world.
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- mym1990 4y agoUSians?
- nkurz 4y agoUSian is used to mean people who live in the US. Some people choose it because it's shorter, some because they think it's too US-centric to call people American when there are many other countries on two continents that could match that definition. If you are a non-native English speaker, you probably want to avoid this term unless you are conscious that many readers will code you as "progressive left". It's not as strong as "Amerikan" (sometimes used to imply Americans are Nazis), but it has a similar register. Here's an HN thread from a few years ago about it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9994159 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9994159.
- mym1990 4y agoWow, some people will really jump some extreme hoops to seem "progressive". Gave me a chuckle, thanks.
- supportlocal4h 4y agoI would color myself conservative, though most of my conservative circle might smile at that. I have no interest in seeming progressive. I've come to accept that I am pedantic. I use phrases like "Native American" to avoid ambiguity, not for any political correctness. I don't refer to anything east of Colorado as the Midwest. I sometimes call cornets trumpets but mostly because I am ignorant. Mostly I find that it's less work to use accurate language instead of long clarifying explanations. But you got me this time.