Possibly linux@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoAmericans rarely refer to the US as Americamessage-squaremessage-square72linkfedilinkarrow-up167arrow-down118file-text
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minus-squareNaibofTabrlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months ago estadounidenses people actually use this in conversation?
minus-squarePiraHxCx@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down2·edit-22 months agoWhen they aren’t imperialist bootlickers. ps: In Portuguese, United States is Estados Unidos - hence estadounidense.
minus-squareNaibofTabrlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoOh I understand the word, it just seems like a lot of syllables.
minus-squarePiraHxCx@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoBut have you ever seen someone who is not far left using the term estadounidense/estadunidense? It’s like when you ask if someone smokes and the person says “smoke what?” you already know he’s a pothead xD
people actually use this in conversation?
When they aren’t imperialist bootlickers.
ps: In Portuguese, United States is Estados Unidos - hence estadounidense.
Oh I understand the word, it just seems like a lot of syllables.
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But have you ever seen someone who is not far left using the term estadounidense/estadunidense?
It’s like when you ask if someone smokes and the person says “smoke what?” you already know he’s a pothead xD
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