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How often do you encounter the term USian irl? I feel like I mostly still only encounter the term American, but here and there I still see the term USian in the wild, so I feel the usage is growing.
i started making an effort a few years back to use usamericans generally cuz i just don’t like them getting to be associated with all the americas like fuck yall, but i also use yanks/yankees when i’m in a position to hate
not once
people just call them yankees, yanks, or americans
I am not calling myself american
Literally never. But I live in America, so that’s probably par the course.
As an aside if we have to ditch “America”/“American” (which I’m fine with) can we use Yankee instead of USian/Statesian?
The invention of the latter is redundant when the former is older than the country itself. They also just sound awful in English; I’d much rather be called a Yank(ee).
How do you pronounce it? is it like you-es-ian or is it like you-shan?
i use usamerican cuz i can actually say it out loud (not that i do)