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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Spliffman1@lemdro.id to c/memes@lemmy.ml
 

Americans (inhabitants/citizens of US) when people from other countries come to theirs : "These people need to speak English"

Americans when they visit other people's countries : "Why don't these people speak English???"

EDIT : By the context of this post it's blatantly obvious which definition of 'American' is being used lol, but I added an explanation above anyway. ๐Ÿ™„ And yes there is more than one definition of "american", usually context makes it clear which is being used for most people

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[โ€“] Spliffman1@lemdro.id 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

People from and what they are called in English : Mexico - Mexicans, Canada - Canadians, Colombia - Colombians, Venezuela - Venezuelans, Panama - Panamanians, Brazil - Brazilians, Etc etc

Do you see a pattern? People from United States of America - Americans

Only on Reddit or Lemmy and places like them would you get a bunch of nerds storming in to say everybody in North, Central and South America are Americans.

On CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, Voice of America etc.,etc Americans are the people of the USA.

Or when they present poll results of Americans, they polled in Mexico, Ecuador, El Salvador, Canada etc etc too?