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[–] 4 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I'm curious, where are you from that "American" used on its own doesn't specifically indicate united-states-of-?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 child)

    American is slang for something or somebody from the US. I live near the canadian border.

    Canadians, Mexicans and everyone in South America all are technically "americans" and refer to themselves as such occasionally, often because its a necessary descriptor for people from particular continents in the same way "eurasian" is used to describe a multicontinental land mass.

    Personally, I'd encourage people to re-adopt the word "Yankees" for US people, its a way funnier word.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 days ago* (1 child)

    Too many Confederate/Rebel/MAGA flags still flying for that.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 child)

    I think its funnier to upset them by calling them yankees.

    If you specifically want to call them something dumb it doesn't hurt to call them something new: S'ankees, Sou'r krauts, corn krauts, texmex, texish, etc.

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