kopper [they/them]@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-29 months agoTIL about the existence of Wikipedia's Nearby page, a list of pages tagged with coordinates nearby where you areen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1422arrow-down13 cross-posted to: til@lemmy.ca
arrow-up1419arrow-down1external-linkTIL about the existence of Wikipedia's Nearby page, a list of pages tagged with coordinates nearby where you areen.wikipedia.orgkopper [they/them]@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-29 months agomessage-square44fedilink cross-posted to: til@lemmy.ca
minus-squareBakedCatboy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40arrow-down1·9 months agoIt’s very American that one of the pages nearby me is a well known mass shooting.
minus-squarelibrary_napper@monyet.cclinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down39·9 months agoI guess you live on the US. Most of America doesn’t have this problem
minus-squareBakedCatboy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down1·9 months agoCorrect, I only use American for the US because I don’t think there’s a term like “Mexican” or “Canadian” for the US other than “American”. US-ican or United States-ican doesn’t quite roll off the tongue.
minus-squaretyler@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·9 months agoMexico actually refers to themselves as the United States of Mexico. Fun fact…
minus-squareblujan@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·9 months agoMexican United States*
minus-squarespongebue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down2·9 months agoYeah, OP should’ve said Unitedstatesofamerican because that’s what people do
minus-squarelibrary_napper@monyet.cclinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down10·9 months agoUS is shorter
minus-squarespongebue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-29 months ago It’s very US that one of the pages… That’s not how denonyms work
It’s very American that one of the pages nearby me is a well known mass shooting.
I guess you live on the US. Most of America doesn’t have this problem
Correct, I only use American for the US because I don’t think there’s a term like “Mexican” or “Canadian” for the US other than “American”. US-ican or United States-ican doesn’t quite roll off the tongue.
Mexico actually refers to themselves as the United States of Mexico. Fun fact…
Mexican United States*
Yeah, OP should’ve said Unitedstatesofamerican because that’s what people do
US is shorter
That’s not how denonyms work