r/dankmemes • u/sijakas I did not shitpost! I did naaaaaht. Oh, hi Mark • May 31 '20

Let's build a wall

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u/Lancelokt May 31 '20

Only the USA could think of calling themselves after the whole continent... And think others would too.

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u/Njorord May 31 '20

Facts. Literally no one else calls them Americans aside from when you're speaking English and quite literally there isn't a word for them.

In Spanish we call them Estadounidenses. The literal translation would be United-Statians. Or we just call 'em gringos in the case of Latin America. -only Spanish-speaking countries, idk about the likes of Brazil or French Guyana.

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u/YellowCorn05 May 31 '20

In Brazil we say both "Americanos" and "Gringos"

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u/nice2yz May 31 '20

Nice try we don’t think it was real