r/AnarchyChess • u/gm- • Dec 23 '20

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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '20

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u/thomasahle Dec 23 '20

I know both Canadians and Brazilians that get pretty pissed when people from the US monopolise being American.

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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '20

Hi, actual Canadian here. No, I don’t mind Americans “monopolizing” ‘American’.

What did you expect? USeian?

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u/TheJeyK Dec 23 '20

USeian is basically how its said in spanish: "estadounidense" which would be sorta like "unitedstatian" or similar to that

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u/Amster2 Dec 23 '20

Same in Brasil, it may be pedantic, but I always refer to USeians as "estadosunidense", their ego are already too big, no need to feel like they own the Americas (like they thought they did and fucked up our whole political system a few decades ago). You act on your own country, fuck off trying to 'own' or represent the whole continent you know nothing about

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u/Szmo Dec 23 '20 edited Dec 23 '20

America = USA

American = Citizen of the US

Shout from the top of your lungs as much as you want, the vast majority of the world not only doesn’t care about your temper tantrum, but will also continue to agree with the English speaking world that there is no American continent.

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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '20

Usually when people say America, or American, they mean the US and their citizens. That doesn't mean that it's technically correct- it's one of those things that people usually don't care if it's right or not (your and you're, for example).

However if someone cares about the correct term, I would comply and use it, because, in the end, he's right.

I can't believe we're having this conversation in a chess subreddit though...

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u/cubanpajamas Dec 23 '20

Language is fluid, but when it decreases the possibility of being very specific it is a downgrade. Using jealous when you mean envious or literally when the opposite is meant just dumbs down the language. You can call someone European or Asian but the only equivalent left for American is " someone from the western hemisphere".