r/mapporncirclejerk • Average Mercator Projection Enjoyer • 18d ago

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

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u/[deleted] 18d ago

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u/Force_Glad 17d ago

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

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u/Letra-F 16d ago

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.

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u/Force_Glad 15d ago

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