Also offensive: pointing out that English speakers do not use the word “American” to refer to people from Latin America. The term in our language is universally used to refer to people from the country America.
Also offensive: pointing out that English speakers do not use the word “American” to refer to people from Latin America. The term in our language is universally used to refer to people from the country America.
South Americans are the most butthurt people in the world over the seperate Americas continental model. It’s like they can’t fathom that different cultures call them seperate things.
Which is sad because otherwise they’re some of the most chill people in the world.
I propose a way to fix all this shit:
Done! Now nobody fights over Vespucci’s name.
Finally, some sanity. Tacolandian rolls off the tongue much better than usian, not that anyone actually says that silly shit out loud. Damn that was close, people almost didn’t know what to call themselves. 🌮✅️
My earliest strongly negative experiences on mass social media (as opposed to niche social media like small forums about specific topics) was on 9gag, before I joined Reddit. The Latin Americans complaining about the use of the term “America” to refer to the country of America were the most arrogant, rude arseholes I had come across. A close second was when they would whinge about the term “soccer”. Even the poms don’t usually bother about that one, unless you’re specifically using that term to call them out.
Fun fact, both names for that game are British in origin, so if any of us ever do complain at you for it you can remind them that it’s their own fault
If the first really bad experiences you had on the Internet were disagreements about the ways English is used around the world, then congratulations might be in order.