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The country is done for (lemm.ee)
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I'm all for inclusion of all people in our society. No one should be prejudiced for who they are.

BUT! Today I have to draw the line! Listening to the Play School alphabet song with my kid and it goes "A, B, C, D....X, Y, zed or zee". Since when is this blatant destruction of our national identity accepted?

I'll be picketing outside the ABC's head office from tomorrow and following that the education office until this travesty can be corrected! Who's with me?!

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[–] teft@lemmy.world 0 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Mexicans are americans.

Colombians are americans.

Brazilians are americans.

Unitedstates-ians are americans.

It’s funny because spanish doesn’t have this problem. They call the people from the US estadounidenses which basically is unitedstates-ian.

[–] Fleur_@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm sure Mexicans, Canadians, Colombians and Brazilians love being called Americans lol

[–] teft@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I live in colombia. All colombians call themselves americans.

[–] Fleur_@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago

Huh, the Columbian I work with has only ever called himself Colombian

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 4 points 5 days ago

Mexicans are North Americans

Colombians are South Americans.

Brazilians are South Americans.

Americans are North America but from the country called the United States of America, hence why they get called Americans and Mexicans from Mexico are called Mexicans

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 2 points 5 days ago

Mexicans are americans.

No they aren't.

Colombians are americans.

No they aren't

Brazilians are americans.

No they aren't.

In every country in the anglosphere, the word "America" is synonymous with "United States of America". If you want to speak Spanish and talk about America as a single continent as I know is common in Latin American countries, go ahead. But that is not the way the English language is ever used by native speakers.

It also frankly doesn't make sense. It's based in the popular idea in Latin American countries that there are 6 continents, including one called "America". I know the definition of "continent" is fuzzy and categorising them is ambiguous, but I maintain that the only sensible 6 continent model is one which merges Eurasia, relative to the 7 continent model. If you want to talk about the Americas as a single continent, the only way to do that without blatantly coming across as ridiculous is to have a 4 continent model containing Afro-Eurasia and America.

[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 1 points 5 days ago

Then why is it the United States of Mexico? Calling them and Canadians just reeks of Manifest Destiny bullshit.