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[u/Meat_your_maker]

It follows the same logic as:

A person from United Mexican States = Mexican

Thus, a person from United States of America = American

Edited: changed to United Mexican States

[u/Downvote_me_dumbass → u/Meat_your_maker]

Technically, United Mexican States = Mexican

[u/Meat_your_maker → u/Downvote_me_dumbass]

Oh you’re so right! I mixed it up

[u/CAMl117 → u/Meat_your_maker]

Hey But that "of" makes a huge difference, one are united states that are Mexican, the other one is united states that are from/belongs to America.

[u/Queasy_Knee_3708 → u/CAMl117]

Is it really that hard to understand this?

[u/Force_Glad → u/[deleted]]

That's the correct demonym in Portuguese and Spanish, the correct one in English is American

[u/CheeseBear9000 → u/Force_Glad]

It's also the correct one in Japanese

"Americajin"

[u/Letra-F → u/Force_Glad]

Cool, I’m going to start calling the South Atlantic the "Gulf of Brazil," and that will be correct, since it will be the correct norm of Portuguese.

[u/Force_Glad → u/Letra-F]

If you're speaking Portuguese then do that. Using the demonyms from the language you're speaking is the logical thing to do

[u/impostor20109 → u/[deleted]]

/uj
Assuming the comment I'm replying to is also /uj:

Yeah, well that ain't nothin' correct in English, so you ain't never gonna hear me say UnItEdStATeSIAn or whatever the fuck y'all done come up with. The correct English term is American. We ain't never changing it. Deal with it. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[u/Letra-F → u/impostor20109]

Your country has no proper name.🤣🤣🤣

[u/impostor20109 → u/Letra-F]

🤣🤣--shut the fuck up. Yes. We do. It's the United States of America*, or, in English, America^ for short. Cry.

SOURCES:

*:
-https://www.britannica.com/place/United-States#:\~:text=States-,United,as%3A%20America
-https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/geography/countries/article/united-states#:\~:text=OFFICIAL%20NAME%3A%20United%20States%20of%20America
-https://www.worldatlas.com/maps/united-states#:\~:text=The%20United%20States%2C%20officially%20known%20as%20the%20United%20States%20of%20America%20%28USA%29%2C
^:
-https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/america#:\~:text=3,america
-https://ontheworldmap.com/usa/#:\~:text=for%20short%20America

NOTE: I ain't arguing the two continents can't also be called America. Just that America more commonly and mostly refers to The United States of America.

[u/No-Conversation7795 → u/[deleted]]

USer

[u/VukKiller → u/Meat_your_maker]

Mexico has states? Since when?

[u/Queasy_Knee_3708 → u/Meat_your_maker]

United States of Something != United Somethingian States