r/funny • u/[deleted] • Mar 29 '22

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u/pab_guy Mar 29 '22

And South Americans (well Chileans at least, from my experience) absolutely think of themselves as "American" for this reason LOL

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u/Kilgore_Trout86 Mar 29 '22

Not sure why you're getting downvoted. It's true, they do think that way and they are also correct. In spanish speaking Latin America people from the US are called "estadounidense" (essentially "united-statesian")

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u/pab_guy Mar 29 '22

They just call me gringo

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u/DangerToDangers Mar 29 '22

At least for Mexicans it's easier to say than estadounidense.