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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish10•edit-23 months ago The US doesn’t have exclusive rights to “America” as a name. Agreed. Let’s also change our demonym to Unitedstatian.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•edit-23 months agoThat’s also unclear, given the United States of Mexico. Edit: I guess we could do Columbian, but I gotta assume Colombia would be annoyed and it’s not exactly descriptive of our foreign policy.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•3 months agoYou joke but in many languages they do that, for instance “statunitensi” or “estadounidenses”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•3 months agoI don’t joke actually. I chose “Unitedstatians” exactly because that’s what other languages do.
Agreed. Let’s also change our demonym to Unitedstatian.
That’s also unclear, given the United States of Mexico.
Edit: I guess we could do Columbian, but I gotta assume Colombia would be annoyed and it’s not exactly descriptive of our foreign policy.
You joke but in many languages they do that, for instance “statunitensi” or “estadounidenses”
I don’t joke actually. I chose “Unitedstatians” exactly because that’s what other languages do.