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@50yearslate said
Question: is there a politically correct term to refer to someone from the US besides “American”?
1) I don’t think so. 2) WTF is wrong with ‘American’? 
3) I don’t particularly believe in political correctness, though, so… 
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@50yearslate said
Question: is there a politically correct term to refer to someone from the US besides “American”?
2) WTF is wrong with ‘American’?
America = two continents. The US = one country. Therefore, America does not = the US. Canadians and Mexicans and Brazilians and anyone else in North America or South America could legitimately call themselves “American” if they liked, and it would be true. It’s just a pet peeve of mine… doesn’t stop me from using the term, though, because there’s no other way to refer to a US-ian (ew, that sounds horrible, blegh).
Hehe, I derailed the derail thread again! 
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Oh. I suppose I do see what you mean. 
Thanks, now my inner semantics-pedantic will never sleep again 
I wouldn’t worry about it too much, though. Language evolves, and while the word ‘American’ can, technically, by its original definition, refer to ‘someone from The Americas, north and south,’ it has colloquially meant ‘someone from the USA’ for years and years and years. That’s just what it means, at this point, in common parlance.
Anyway, at the rate folks are crossing the borders, we’ll all be US-Americans afore too long 
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In the US, the term ‘Yankee’ tends to refer specifically to people from New England/the Northeastern states in general. So it didn’t occur to me as I do not self-identify as a Yankee (being born and raised in the South), but in England (or Australia, or whatever) I would be a Yankee because I’m from the States. It’s relative/contextual.
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So do you Americans () not like the term Yank/Yankee?
The Yankees are a baseball team. I ain’t on no baseball team.
Tbh I never heard that term before I joined the forum.
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Offline Yanks is what we use colloquially in Ireland, and that’s what yiz are all to me, ya bunch of Yanks!
I paint you all with the same brush if that makes you feel better? There’s no differentiation between north and south.
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27 November 2016
Offline Beatlebug said
In the US, the term ‘Yankee’ tends to refer specifically to people from New England/the Northeastern states in general. So it didn’t occur to me as I do not self-identify as a Yankee (being born and raised in the South), but in England (or Australia, or whatever) I would be a Yankee because I’m from the States. It’s relative/contextual.
Huh, I guess you learn something new everyday, thank you!
Won’t stop me from calling y’all (
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Offline Does anybody ever spend half an hour on a reply and then click cancel because the post contained too much personal opinion was far too lengthy? 
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Haha sounds like you. Mine’s usually in the Most Overrated Band Ever? thread with people saying all kinds of absurd things…
Um, sorry, but I’m pretty sure Taylor Swift 
isn’t better than The Beatles…
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50yearslate said
Haha sounds like you.
I’m a very opinionated person but most of the issues that get discussed are issues that I don’t really know enough about to contribute.
Mine’s usually in the Most Overrated Band Ever? thread with people saying all kinds of absurd things…
Um, sorry, but I’m pretty sure Taylor Swift
… did somebody say that? Who said that?
… actually it’s probably better if I don’t know.
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…yes. Usually it’s something short and bitchy that I just type to get out of my system, and then hit ‘cancel’ so I don’t hurt anyone’s feelings. Win-win. 
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Offline 50yearslate said … actually it’s probably better if I don’t know.
Yes… probably…
silverhammerYT said
Um, sorry, but I’m pretty sure Taylor Swift
*returns to corner*
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*remembers that corner is blockaded and sighs knowing that I can no longer hide from the ultimate consequences of the expression of my personal opinion*
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50yearslate said … actually it’s probably better if I don’t know.
Yes… probably…
silverhammerYT said
Um, sorry, but I’m pretty sure Taylor Swift
*returns to corner*
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*remembers that corner is blockaded and sighs knowing that I can no longer hide from the ultimate consequences of the expression of my personal opinion*
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50yearslate said
I’m a very opinionated person but most of the issues that get discussed are issues that I don’t really know enough about to contribute.
So start a conversation about something you do know enough about!
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Too quiet.
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Shall we make some noise, then?
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