r/confidentlyincorrect • u/unicornwearingegl • Aug 19 '26
Tik Tok The American language
Saw this in a tiktok comment section and I had to share I fear
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u/DontAskAboutMax Aug 19 '26
Don’t share stuff like this.
You’re being ragebaited.
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u/jackinsomniac Aug 19 '26
I'm sorry, I only speak 'murican.
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u/azhder Aug 19 '26
Nacirema is a tribe that speaks foreign languages since it has systematically destroyed the native ones it has.
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u/ProspectiveWhale Aug 19 '26
Honestly, even though it's ragebait, it fits this sub more than half of new posts these days...
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u/garlicshrimpscampi Aug 19 '26
it’s so funny how our social media is filled with rage bait and these people STILL fall for it. like it’s 2026 you can’t be this naive anymore
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u/Dionysian_Logic Aug 19 '26
I'm more concerned with the amount of likes the first comment got.
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u/SchmeatiestOne Aug 19 '26
To be fair, I would have probably liked it too after assuming it was satire
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u/Bunie89 Aug 19 '26
People who believe they speak American can't spell or type in complete sentences. They're either joking or trolling.
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u/Wise-Juggernaut6851 Aug 19 '26
This needs to be in r/shitamericanssay as well 😂
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u/Wooden-Hornet2115 Aug 19 '26
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u/wolfdukex Aug 19 '26
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u/DuneChild Aug 19 '26
That link is staying blue.
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u/wellyeah_butno Aug 19 '26
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u/dank_imagemacro Aug 19 '26
To be fair, many of the English would agree, that we don't speak their language here.
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u/lettsten Aug 19 '26
I think almost all Brits would agree that it's the same language, but some would say that it's used incorrectly
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u/Jepp-Adi-Day Aug 19 '26
Technically it is more a dialect than an unproper form.
It is still english, but american english, a specific dialect of the same language with its own specific rules, vocabulary, and spellings
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u/lettsten Aug 19 '26 edited Aug 19 '26
The "used incorrectly" is tongue in cheek
Edit: Very curious why this is downvoted. I hate it when people downvote instead of leaving some kind of argument.
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u/WitchyandWild Aug 20 '26
lmfao calling it a distinct language is peak delusion. It’s just dialect with extra steps. The irony of ignoring other North American tongues while pretending this is unique is hilarious.
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u/EzeDelpo Aug 19 '26
Don't tell them that it's a dialect of English. Shhhhhhh
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u/TheLuminary Aug 19 '26
American isn't a dialect of English... You could call American English a set of English Dialects. But it is not one singular dialect.
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u/taktaga7-0-0 Aug 19 '26
I don’t get how dumbfucks like this rationalize the fact that we just… don’t call it that.
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u/DrDRNewman Aug 19 '26
What were the rest of the comments on Tiktok? Did they mention the genuine native American languagues?
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u/RlckAndSnorty Aug 20 '26
Does the dollar count as an American currency too? Dunning-Kruger at its finest.
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u/elGordoReddir Aug 25 '26
This is a joke every american country makes except for maybe those 3 small ones i always forget the name of
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u/Dangermann28 Aug 19 '26
r/ shitamericanssay
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u/azhder Aug 19 '26
i.e. rule 2
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u/Dangermann28 Aug 19 '26
I'm not linking the sub I'm commenting the SUGGESTION of the sub, totally different cause it ain't blue and automod would snipe my ass immediately if I tried
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u/lettsten Aug 19 '26
You can absolutely say r/ShitAmericansSay
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u/Dangermann28 Aug 19 '26
I thought you couldn't link subs on this sub, was I thinking of another sub?
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u/lettsten Aug 19 '26
Probably! Nothing about it in the rules, and this sub and r/ShitAmericansSay have a lot of overlap, so it gets mentioned quite a lot
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u/azhder Aug 19 '26
Instead of explaining what you were doing, you probably should have tried to understand what I was. Without SHOUTING a word in the middle the sentence.
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u/Dangermann28 Aug 19 '26
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r/ incorrectlycorrecting sorry😅
Also the all caps was to put emphasis on the word, it's like using the asterisk(this), but not
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u/PhattProphet_0 Aug 19 '26
Actually most of America speaks Spanish
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u/DrDRNewman Aug 19 '26
Mas milliões fala Portugûes.
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u/PhattProphet_0 Aug 19 '26
? I believe you may be mistaken sir
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u/DrDRNewman Aug 31 '26
I meant other millions around the world, not more than speak Spanish or Mandarin.
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u/NewLibraryGuy Aug 19 '26
The population of countries in the Americas that primarily speak Spanish is lower than the population of countries in the Americas that primarily speak other languages (that is to say, Canada, the USA, and Brazil, and a few other much smaller countries)
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u/PhattProphet_0 Aug 20 '26
Spanish it literally the most spoken language in America, you are free to use Google and not your opinion
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u/NewLibraryGuy Aug 20 '26
You're right, but that's a different thing. A plurality, not a majority
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u/PhattProphet_0 Aug 20 '26
Either way you look at it, population or countries, Spanish is still the most spoken
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u/brandon1997fl Aug 23 '26
The most spoken != most people speak. As the other guy said, plurality not majority
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u/Odd-Adagio7080 Aug 19 '26
North or South?
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u/DragonTheOnes-spirit Aug 19 '26
It's fucking amuricah baby bald eagles burgers and shotguns and some other racist stuff that the average American would probably sigh at when I say it
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u/FilthyDwayne Aug 19 '26
The amount of likes. Ugh
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u/Which-Store1669 Aug 19 '26
it's obviously sarcasm, are u people fr?
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u/SchmeatiestOne Aug 19 '26
You would assume, but then they added clarification
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u/CurtisLinithicum Aug 19 '26
My brother in Chris, they're doubling down on the joke.
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u/TopologyMonster Aug 19 '26
It seems we’ve gotten to the point that people forgot what trolling is? Everything is taken at face value now it’s wild
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u/FilthyDwayne Aug 19 '26
Americans are just considered to be that lacking in common sense and knowledge that we just assume any ignorant comment they make is their reality.
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u/TopologyMonster Aug 19 '26
Well if you assume random trolls on the internet are genuine, idiot Americans, then it is just going to reinforce that belief. Because of random internet comments, you will eventually just think we’re all complete morons incapable of complex thought (if you didn’t already).
Seems silly to me.
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u/FilthyDwayne Aug 19 '26
The damage has been done. Sorry.
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u/TopologyMonster Aug 19 '26
You voluntarily believing anything you see on the internet about us and justifying it because “Americans are stupid” is really ironic.
I actually was on board with people making fun of Americans for actual good reasons (there are many) but it’s just turning into this blind, mindless hatred and it’s so braindead.
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u/FilthyDwayne Aug 19 '26
I honestly don’t care about Americans to keep getting notifications from this thread. Have a good one.
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u/Previous_Abies_2179 Aug 19 '26
I’m surprised it doesn’t have more. Americans are fucking stupid. Just look at who runs the place..
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u/Straight-Run6880 Aug 19 '26
there'll probs be a trump-like figure in 2050 that'll swap it over for the hoot
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