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minus-square☂️-@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-218 hours agocalling themselves american and not being able to call myself american is what strains me. i tought you were against us-centrism…
minus-squareRaivoKulli@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-218 hours agoI’m against that in general and against US defaultism more specifically, which is assuming everyone is American. I just think the particular term is strained. Yank is much better
minus-square☂️-@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·18 hours agousian is fine. it even sounds similar to what we call them in my country.
minus-squareRaivoKulli@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·18 hours agoI just think it’s a bit strained, it sounds clunky
minus-square☂️-@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-217 hours agonot to me. maybe to english speakers? i don’t mind either way. 😉
minus-squareRaivoKulli@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·17 hours agoI’m not a native English speaker, if that’s what you mean
minus-square☂️-@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·17 hours agoso why are you bothered with it if you are not a native speaker, nor usian?
minus-squareRaivoKulli@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·16 hours agoWouldn’t you be bothered if I incorrectly assumer you were a Yank?
minus-square☂️-@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-23 hours agowait a second. so you are bothered by being called usian for having usian opinions, but every single other form of us-centrism is ok? it’s like its what you want to be, just not called out on it.
calling themselves american and not being able to call myself american is what strains me. i tought you were against us-centrism…
I’m against that in general and against US defaultism more specifically, which is assuming everyone is American. I just think the particular term is strained. Yank is much better
usian is fine. it even sounds similar to what we call them in my country.
I just think it’s a bit strained, it sounds clunky
not to me. maybe to english speakers? i don’t mind either way. 😉
I’m not a native English speaker, if that’s what you mean
so why are you bothered with it if you are not a native speaker, nor usian?
Wouldn’t you be bothered if I incorrectly assumer you were a Yank?
wait a second. so you are bothered by being called usian for having usian opinions, but every single other form of us-centrism is ok?
it’s like its what you want to be, just not called out on it.