• Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.worldEnglish
    211·
    5 days ago

    Everyone in the Americas who isn’t in the USA has given up trying to explain to them. They aren’t capable.

    • RupeThereItIs@lemmy.worldEnglish
      81·
      5 days ago

      Nobody in Canada wants to be called American.

      This is a language and continent model issue, the lack of understanding is not in the side of the Americans or the rest of the anglosphere.

    • Fleur_@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      4 days ago

      I mean how dare we refer to people using the name that they refer to themselves with.

      • Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        4 days ago

        And what if they decided to start calling themselves Earthlings and use it to describe only themselves specifically?

        • Fleur_@lemm.eeEnglish
          1·
          4 days ago

          Are you jealous of Americans having a demonym and scared they’re going to claim another XD

          • Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            4 days ago

            Neither.

            I’m embarrassed because I can’t call myself American as a Canadian because it’s self-deprecating by association.