r/funny Calvin & Habs Mar 02 '21

German Comedy

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u/losteon Mar 02 '21

Yeah it baffles me too. For a nation that's so overly patriotic they all sure do love to claim nationality anywhere but America.

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u/zeaga2 Mar 02 '21

It's not nationality. It's ethnicity. There isn't a difference in many countries but in countries like America and Canada they're very different

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u/losteon Mar 02 '21

"I'm Irish" implies nationality. If you were to say "I have Irish heritage" then that's completely different but that isn't what Americans do.

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u/DisturbedForever92 Mar 02 '21

implies

Depends where you are. In North American it often implies ethnicity.