Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Mapporn Circlejerk@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoI don't think translation is necessary...lemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down14
arrow-up155arrow-down1imageI don't think translation is necessary...lemmy.dbzer0.comMelatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Mapporn Circlejerk@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareFleur_@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoI mean how dare we refer to people using the name that they refer to themselves with.
minus-squareHobbes_Dent@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoAnd what if they decided to start calling themselves Earthlings and use it to describe only themselves specifically?
minus-squareFleur_@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoAre you jealous of Americans having a demonym and scared they’re going to claim another XD
minus-squareHobbes_Dent@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoNeither. I’m embarrassed because I can’t call myself American as a Canadian because it’s self-deprecating by association.
I mean how dare we refer to people using the name that they refer to themselves with.
And what if they decided to start calling themselves Earthlings and use it to describe only themselves specifically?
Are you jealous of Americans having a demonym and scared they’re going to claim another XD
Neither.
I’m embarrassed because I can’t call myself American as a Canadian because it’s self-deprecating by association.