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worik ◴[] No.45399115[source]
What a wasted trip!

How rude, especially about Indiana.

They never found out where the people were going in their BMWs

The only descriptions of the locals were entirely without sympathy.

If this is how Icelanders [edit: Greenlanders, duh!]are treated by Danes, I suggest selling out to Trump!

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mkl ◴[] No.45399474[source]
The author is American, and no Icelanders were mentioned.
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worik ◴[] No.45399673[source]
> The author is American

I assume you mean USAian. Fits my prejudices, which is unfortunate

An arrogant prick, anyway

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1. rendall ◴[] No.45401114[source]
> I assume you mean USAian.

In English, the word American refers to someone from the United States, and almost all of the languages of the world use some equivalent term: amerikkalainen, Amerikaner, Américain, americano, американец, アメリカ人, أمريكي

When speaking South American-inflected Spanish, you might use the word estadounidense and not americano

USAian is not a word that anyone uses. I don't make the rules.

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2. worik ◴[] No.45401187[source]
> n English, the word American refers to someone from the United States,

No.

It refers to Mexacins, Canadians, Columbians....

The problem with USA expetionalism made clear.

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3. rendall ◴[] No.45469320[source]
When English speakers speak English, American refers to people from the USA. Spanish speakers from South America are the only ones who complain about this, but they are free to use whatever terms they would like, when speaking Spanish.

If it makes you feel better, you can tell yourself that American is just a short way of saying United States of American, if you want.