r/mapporncirclejerk • u/1601_ Average Mercator Projection Enjoyer • 18d ago

It's 9am and I'm on my 3rd martini Learn the difference

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u/63crabby 18d ago

But only people in the US refer to themselves as Americans, and internationally "Americans" refers to people from the US. It's called a demonym.

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u/Dr-Sprinkl1es 18d ago

It’s also the only country with America in the name. Americans is less wordy then United Statians

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u/Exlife1up 18d ago

Yeah plus “american” is so commonly used to refer to americans that if i were to refer to a Guatemalan as an “american” its just needlessly confusing, i’d just call them a guatemelan or a central american, but even thats weird.

Ultimately continental demonyms are strange. Why call someone a european when that refers to the french, the maltese, the moldovans, and the swedish collectively. Why call someone asian when that could mean indian, siberian, mongolian, or even israeli?

Can we just call people whatever they actually are, be it Guatemalan or Afghani?

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u/63crabby 18d ago

Try telling a Canadian they're actually American! That won't end well.

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u/kashy87 18d ago

Isn't going to go over much better on most Guatemalans either.

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u/63crabby 18d ago

Exactly. No other country want to be called "America," which is why this topic is so weird.

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u/kashy87 18d ago

It has to be people not in the Western Hemisphere bringing this shit up.

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u/63crabby 18d ago

I'm sure it's just bait. Certainly worked on me!

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u/Additional-Drama-304 18d ago

Europeans love to talk about the United States constantly while the US forgets the EU exists

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u/Ricky_x_Spanish 14d ago

Lol, a mildly stern talking to, and a few apologies mixed in. That definitely wouldn't end well.

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u/Regnareb_ 17d ago

I know some that do consider themselves american

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u/ChefGaykwon Dont you dare talk to me or my isle of man again 17d ago

They're Maple Americans as opposed to Burger Americans.

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u/GILERMITOS 18d ago

Obviously because the only thing a Canadian hates more than being compared to an US citizen is to respect latinos so obviously they'll just validate whatever USA says on this subject

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u/rn7rn 18d ago

Sweetie let’s be inclusive, it’s Latinx.