• Huschke@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    Every Canadian I’ve ever met doesn’t like to be called American. Don’t know about the other countries, but I’d assume it’s the same.

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      1 year ago

      Wait, when David Bowie sang “I’m Afraid of Americans,” was he singing about us Canadians too?? This never even occurred to me as a possibility.

      • can@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        I think some just dislike that one country claims the demonym of two whole continents.

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          Well South Africa is not the only country in the south of Africa if we are gonna go around getting bent out of shape by such petty shit. The other countries in the Americas all have their own distinctive names and don’t want to be called americans, it’s a non issue