I want to get ahead of this debate, and point out that a) “American” as a demonym for literally anyone in the western hemisphere is largely useless, b) the USA is the only country which includes “America” in its name, and c) USian is not more precise because there are two countries with United States in their name.
No, I’m American. It looks like you started writing this comment before I made the edit to mine, so I’ll go ahead and copy/paste it here
a) “American” as a demonym for literally anyone in the western hemisphere is largely useless, b) the USA is the only country which includes “America” in its name, and c) USian is not more precise because there are two countries with United States in their name.
So, you are a USian. I thought so. I never ever heard someone saying “February 27th 2018”, I think only USians do that. Everywhere else it is 27th of February 2018 which is logical.
No, I’m American, and I just gave you three good reasons to stop using “USian,” not the least of which being that “US” is not exclusive to the United States of America. Are people from the United States of Mexico United Mexican States USians as well?
I don’t have the audacity to try and force a different demonym onto you, please don’t do that to me.
I have no doubt you are an American as much as people from Mexico, Venezuela or Brazil are Americans. The same as people from Germany, Spain or Italy are Europeans.
The United Mexican States. They still have United States in their name. Notably, they don’t have America in their name, just like every single other country besides the USA. So when we’re talking about the demonym for a particular country, “American” is the one for people in the USA, just like how “Mexican” is the one for people in the United Mexican States.
Also notably, they live on an entirely different continent from Venezuela and Brazil. Mexicans and Americans are North American, as opposed to Venezuelans and Brazilians who are South American. Lumping these continents together makes as much sense as lumping Africa, Europe, Asia, and Australia together. But I know you aren’t trying to make sense, you’re just trying to get under Americans’ skin, so I’m gonna ignore you now
I was always curious why USians have issue with them being called USians. America is a continent. You know, like Europe.
Let’s assume some nation of halfwits creates a country named United States of Earth and will be insistent that since they are the only ones with Earth in country name, they are the only ones to be called Earthlings.
We would laugh at these halfwits, wouldn’t we? 🤣
But it is good to see you at least acknowledged your ignorance of geography.
Let me guess - you are a USian?
No, I’m American
I want to get ahead of this debate, and point out that a) “American” as a demonym for literally anyone in the western hemisphere is largely useless, b) the USA is the only country which includes “America” in its name, and c) USian is not more precise because there are two countries with United States in their name.
This guide may come handy:
https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/36440098
So, are you a USian?
No, I’m American. It looks like you started writing this comment before I made the edit to mine, so I’ll go ahead and copy/paste it here
a) “American” as a demonym for literally anyone in the western hemisphere is largely useless, b) the USA is the only country which includes “America” in its name, and c) USian is not more precise because there are two countries with United States in their name.
So, you are a USian. I thought so. I never ever heard someone saying “February 27th 2018”, I think only USians do that. Everywhere else it is 27th of February 2018 which is logical.
No, I’m American, and I just gave you three good reasons to stop using “USian,” not the least of which being that “US” is not exclusive to the United States of America. Are people from the
United States of MexicoUnited Mexican States USians as well?I don’t have the audacity to try and force a different demonym onto you, please don’t do that to me.
I have no doubt you are an American as much as people from Mexico, Venezuela or Brazil are Americans. The same as people from Germany, Spain or Italy are Europeans.
There is no such thing.
The United Mexican States. They still have United States in their name. Notably, they don’t have America in their name, just like every single other country besides the USA. So when we’re talking about the demonym for a particular country, “American” is the one for people in the USA, just like how “Mexican” is the one for people in the United Mexican States.
Also notably, they live on an entirely different continent from Venezuela and Brazil. Mexicans and Americans are North American, as opposed to Venezuelans and Brazilians who are South American. Lumping these continents together makes as much sense as lumping Africa, Europe, Asia, and Australia together. But I know you aren’t trying to make sense, you’re just trying to get under Americans’ skin, so I’m gonna ignore you now
I was always curious why USians have issue with them being called USians. America is a continent. You know, like Europe.
Let’s assume some nation of halfwits creates a country named United States of Earth and will be insistent that since they are the only ones with Earth in country name, they are the only ones to be called Earthlings.
We would laugh at these halfwits, wouldn’t we? 🤣
But it is good to see you at least acknowledged your ignorance of geography.