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To be fair, "american" could refer to anything made in the American continent (North, Central and South America)
by a_victorp 5mo ago
To be fair, "american" could refer to anything made in the American continent (North, Central and South America)
- bentley 5mo agoIn some languages, but not really in English. Convention in the cultures of the Anglosphere is that the world comprises seven continents, and the Americas comprise two of them, not one. And in English, both formal and informal, “American” is generally considered the demonym of the United States of America, not the Americas. Although I call myself estadounidense in Spanish (an odd term—why don’t people from Estados Unidos Mexicanos count?), the equivalent English term is “American,” not “United Statesian.”
- nozzlegear 5mo agoNot in English.
- tpmoney 5mo agoAnd USian could refer to folks from Mexico (and at prior points in history a number of other countries), so it's hardly unambiguous.