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Can the title be changed to match some of the content text (eg America’s Own Goal: Who Pays the Tariffs?) ‘US Americans’ makes it sound as if a distinction is
by dwroberts 9mo ago
Can the title be changed to match some of the content text (eg America’s Own Goal: Who Pays the Tariffs?)
‘US Americans’ makes it sound as if a distinction is being drawn between Americans inside and outside of the US or something
- owebmaster 9mo agoAs an american not from the US, I'm glad they used "US Americans"
- seszett 9mo ago> ‘US Americans’ makes it sound as if a distinction is being drawn between Americans inside and outside of the US or something "US Americans" is routinely used to name "people in the US", since "Americans" is ambiguous, and "US citizens" is more restrictive and explicitly excludes residents that are not citizens.
- Forgeties79 9mo agoAmericans across North/South/Central America are feeling the impact of the tariffs in various ways. This report is talking specifically about the impact on US citizens, so the distinction is ultimately warranted IMO
- fnands 9mo agoUS Americans is usually used outside the US to differentiate inhabitants of the US from citizens of other countries in the Americas (e.g. Mexico, Canada, and all of central and South America). E.g. in Germany, inhabitants of the US are usually called "US amerikaner", so this is a direct translation (the Kiel institute is in Germany). It's just Germans being stereotypically precise about things (and reminding citizens of the USA that they aren't the only people in the Americas).
- stratocumulus0 9mo agoUS-American is a Germanism and the authors are German.
- pseidemann 9mo agoUnited Statesians just doesn't sound as nice as Canadians or Mexicans.