From Spain here, when we want to speak about USA people we use the term “yankee” or “gringo” rather than “american” cause our americans arent from USA, that terms are correct or mean other things?

  • estefanoscopica@thelemmy.club
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    21 days ago

    In Brazil, we use USians or Statesians

    I used the second one on an academic paper and it went through.

    I NEVER use “American”, because

    America no es solo USA, papá esto es desde el Tierra del Fuego hasta el Canada

    • I Cast Fist@programming.dev
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      20 days ago

      Thing is, it’s “United States of America”, much like “United States of Mexico” and, before 1968, “United States of Brazil”. So when they call themselves americans, they’re technically correct.