Muscle_Meteor@discuss.tchncs.de to Canada@lemmy.ca · 28 days agoIts been a rough decadeloops.videoexternal-linkmessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up179arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up179arrow-down1external-linkIts been a rough decadeloops.videoMuscle_Meteor@discuss.tchncs.de to Canada@lemmy.ca · 28 days agomessage-square14linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRadical_Socialist_t00t@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up21arrow-down2·28 days agoWe never liked it. In school every canadian geography class HAS to go through this : Kid: “But miss, if America is the continent why are USA citizen called Americans?” Teacher: "Because they’re arrogant ego monsters that believe the world revolves around their asshole, Billy. "
minus-squareVictor Villas@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·27 days agoMy take is that they did not have creativity to come up with a name for their country, it’s just a bunch of states in America; so there’s little choice of a practical thing to call them
minus-squareAlteredEgo@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·27 days agoWhat’s wrong with Usaians? For people from the USA?
minus-squareVictor Villas@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·26 days agoThere’s no seriousness in pronouncing that
We never liked it. In school every canadian geography class HAS to go through this :
Kid: “But miss, if America is the continent why are USA citizen called Americans?”
Teacher: "Because they’re arrogant ego monsters that believe the world revolves around their asshole, Billy. "
My take is that they did not have creativity to come up with a name for their country, it’s just a bunch of states in America; so there’s little choice of a practical thing to call them
What’s wrong with Usaians? For people from the USA?
There’s no seriousness in pronouncing that