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Re: 20 Questions — 107

#101 Post by JECE » Sun Apr 23, 2023 4:21 am

Yeah, there isn't a clean solution without inventing something à la 'Emirati' or appropriating the term North American, which might offend the Canadians.

"It does not imply that others on the continents are any less American."
That's at least better. In this thread there were posts that did imply as much.
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Re: 20 Questions — 107

#102 Post by Octavious » Sun Apr 23, 2023 6:57 am

What could we possibly call the Yanks to differentiate them from other Americans? If only there was some existing word that Yanks were known by but no one else was...
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Re: 20 Questions — 107

#103 Post by sweetandcool » Sun Apr 23, 2023 8:04 am

Octavious wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 23, 2023 6:57 am
 What could we possibly call the Yanks to differentiate them from other Americans? If only there was some existing word that Yanks were known by but no one else was...
About as reasonable as suggesting British people start going by "Limeys", "Rosbif", or "Inselaffe".
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Re: 20 Questions — 107

#104 Post by Hanging Rook » Sun Apr 23, 2023 8:20 am

Might I simply suggest US-Americans
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Re: 20 Questions — 107

#105 Post by sweetandcool » Sun Apr 23, 2023 8:22 am

Hanging Rook wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 23, 2023 8:20 am
 Might I simply suggest US-Americans
I suggested that. It's not terrible.
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Re: 20 Questions — 107

#106 Post by Octavious » Sun Apr 23, 2023 8:53 am

sweetandcool wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 23, 2023 8:04 am
Octavious wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 23, 2023 6:57 am
 What could we possibly call the Yanks to differentiate them from other Americans? If only there was some existing word that Yanks were known by but no one else was...
About as reasonable as suggesting British people start going by "Limeys", "Rosbif", or "Inselaffe".
Exactly. It works perfectly. What's the problem?
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Re: 20 Questions — 107

#107 Post by Octavious » Sun Apr 23, 2023 8:59 am

The clear solution is to keep calling them Americans as it's what everyone's used to and it causes no problems except for the rare occasions when the context doesn't make it obvious, in which case Yank or US citizen or any other clear phrasing may be required. This is a complete non-issue :razz:
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