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11 months ago

USAmericans sounds as stupid as Brazilamericans or CanadAmericans. The United States of America is the only one of 35 countries in North and South America that has America in the name of the country. No one thinks you're refering to South Americans from Chile or Paraguay or North Americans from Canada or Barbados when you say Americans. They think "Oh, like the citizens of the United States of America."

yankee pelotudo who never talked with other regions doesn't know latinos call ourselves americans too because we're part of the americas, and we use "estadounidense" to refer to people in USA and "americano" to everyone in the americas, gringo troglodita doesn't know "USAmerican" was coined by latinos who we're tired of USA-centrism and to say "stop talking like we're not american too". ignorant yank doesn't know the americas are seen as one continent by many latinos even if culturally, so for us "America" refer to the union of North and South.

The poll was exactly to show how many cultural discussions are ignored or misscontructed because people have USA-centric views on things. And if you're not a yankee then gotta work on your us centrism.

USAmericans Sounds As Stupid As Brazilamericans Or CanadAmericans. The United States Of America Is The

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11 years ago

If you guys are going to keep listening to Turn Down For What at least listen to this Punjabi remix. Way funkier.


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