🏴 hamid the villain [he/him] 🏴@vegantheoryclub.org to Memes@lemmy.ml · 22 days agoAmerican Veterans 🫡🦅🎸🇺🇸vegantheoryclub.orgimagemessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up1100arrow-down116
arrow-up184arrow-down1imageAmerican Veterans 🫡🦅🎸🇺🇸vegantheoryclub.org🏴 hamid the villain [he/him] 🏴@vegantheoryclub.org to Memes@lemmy.ml · 22 days agomessage-square85fedilink
minus-square☂️-@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-222 days agonot only usian veterans, but predominantly them.
minus-squareRandomVideos@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·22 days agoThis is offtopic, but is there any reason for using a word derived from USA instead of saying veterans from the USA? Usian sounds wrong
minus-square☂️-@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-222 days agobecause calling them “american” implies the USA is the entire continent. i cant really call myself an american, even though i am. they stole the word to mean “them” like the rest of the continent doesnt matter. also in my country we call it “estadunidense”, which roughly translates to “usian”.
minus-squaredubyakay@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·22 days agoInteresting. In Canada we just refer to the country as US, but to its denizens as Americans.
not only usian veterans, but predominantly them.
This is offtopic, but is there any reason for using a word derived from USA instead of saying veterans from the USA? Usian sounds wrong
because calling them “american” implies the USA is the entire continent. i cant really call myself an american, even though i am.
they stole the word to mean “them” like the rest of the continent doesnt matter.
also in my country we call it “estadunidense”, which roughly translates to “usian”.
Interesting. In Canada we just refer to the country as US, but to its denizens as Americans.