valvemanHow do you call someone born in the US besides "American"?
ciaA “US-American” if you need to be very clear. But most people just say “American”.
In Germany we call them “US-Amerikaner”.
formally yes, but most people I know just say “Ami”
gregorumWhich is Latin for “friend” 😊
morgunkorn“American” is the official name, though throughout history attempts have been made to find alternatives. You can read more on the Wikipedia page: en.wikipedia.org/…/Demonyms_for_the_United_States
The only officially and commonly used alternative for referring to the people of the United States in English is to refer to them as citizens of that country.[18] Another alternative is US-American,[19] also spelled US American.
Several single-word English alternatives for American have been suggested over time, especially Usonian, popularized by architect Frank Lloyd Wright,[20] and the nonce term United-Statesian.[21]
Writer H. L. Mencken collected a number of proposals from between 1789 and 1939, finding terms including Columbian, Columbard, Fredonian, Frede, Unisian, United Statesian, Colonican, Appalacian, Usian, Washingtonian, Usonian, Uessian, U-S-ian, Uesican, and United Stater.[22] Names for broader categories include terms such as Western Hemispherian, New Worlder, and North Atlantican.[23][24][25]
Nevertheless, no alternative to “American” is common in English.[18]
Nonce term?? Does that mean something different where you are?
That sentence stumped me too, really weird wording
I'm british, so you can see my confusion!
I’m American, but I understand the slang meaning of nonce, and yeah… it’s a nonce term.
KingJalopy Usonian
loopyI’m definitely going to start using Usonian. It seems the most natural. We probably can’t use Colombian because… you know…that’s a country already haha
It’s with a U, Columbian. As in district of columbia
CorrodedYankee (or Yank) is a colloquial term for Americans in English; cognates can be found in other languages. Within the United States, Yankee usually refers to people specifically from New England or the Northern United States, though it has been applied to Americans in general since the 18th century, especially by the British.[26] The earliest recorded use in this context is in a 1784 letter by Horatio Nelson.[26]
I might start calling Americans Yankees
You will almost certainly annoy or piss off some Southerners (Those of the United States south of the Mason-Dixon Line, that is), then.
So definitely do it.
If you call people in the Southern US a Yankee it won't end well for you.
Some British guy said something like,“I bet the yanks won’t like that” (Whatever it was, I can’t remember). I replied,“Hell, the confederates won’t like it much either” He was very confused.
You say that like I go outside
Anyone that takes offense to being called a Yank is someone that would’ve been happily fighting for the Confederates during the Civil War. So fuck 'em.
Not necessarily - there’s also a MLB team with this name, so folks from different regions of the US may get pissed off/confused.
It just sounds weird to me personally, but I know it’s not an uncommon term in places like the UK/EU & I don’t take offense.
Depends on where the person using the term is from I guess?
Swednecki invite them to travel to europe and try
MinnesotaGoddamI prefer yankers thank you very much
JackFrostNColaAnd Aussies take that another step further and say “Seppo” which is short for “Septic Tank”, which is rhyming slang for “Yank”.
I mean you can try and call them by their state but really we’re just American. And we’re selfish enough we claim it exclusively and let other countries in the americas go by their country name or add extra details to the America term
BombOmOmTo be fair, American is the most notable part of the United States of America’s country name. Calling them Unitedians would be silly, particularly with how prevalent ‘United’ is in full country names.
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(I’m from NJ)
Patriot inspector here. You’re short 5 guns, 2 Merican flags, and 2 crosses. 4 eagles is the bare minimum you’re just skating by here.
Do yourself a favor and get yourself some golden arches while you’re at it.
Yes sir! 🍟
In french you can say états-unien and you might translate it as States-nan
Estadounidenses
Thats Mexico I think.
"estados unidense" = states united (Spanish and Portuguese often put the adjective after the affected noun)
Mexico’s official name is Los Estados Unidos Mexicanos. I don’t think that would work well.
Yeah but estadounidense is literally the spanish word for someone from the USA.
It would be Estadounidense Americano or Estadounidense Mexicano
No, it wouldn’t be. In Spanish North Americans are “estadounidenses” and Mexican are, “mexicanos”.
Erika2rsisThe word I use most often aside from American is Seppo, which is derogatory rhyming slang (sep + -o, from septic tank → Yank → Yankee)
I’ve heard this in Australia but nowhere else. Is this Australian slang, or does somewhere else use it too?
NZ and UK use it too. I think I first learned it from a Brit.
PaleRiderWe Brits generally use Yank, but Seppo is more Oz than UK. Though Aussie slang does tend to catch on on over here for some reason…
Look at all the seppos getting cranky at this one :) I just came in to post Seppo but you beat me
Frankly, I’m not seeing any negative replies or downvotes.
I’m a US citizen myself, though I live in and am also a born citizen of Norway. So being in basically a quantum superposition between being and not being a US-American, you could imagine that I’d have a bit of a specific perspective about the country, that would draw me to using words like “Seppo”.
If somebody called me a seppo, I wouldn’t be offended, I’d just think they were kind of dumb. It’s just too silly to take seriously as an insult.
sqwyank
This, especially if you’re trolling right wing Americans.
Normally just say American, but if it matters I'll say USAan
USAlien
AnUnusualRelicI knew one that was called “Doug”. I’m not sure how much of a generalisation one can make from that though, but it seemed to work for him.
That settles it. People from the unites states shall henceforth be called “Doug”
Sweet. I already have a cat named pork chop!
And I have a The Beets concert tour shirt.
Are the Doug’s Funny?
Who let the Dougs out?
Wait, I thought Dougs were the side characters from books who’s names are never relevant.
SeraphI usually respond to "Hey stupid", maybe try that?
Don't actually try this.
Gringo or gabacho.
AFAIK, the word “gringo” is used by latinos to refer to anyone from other countries, not specifically US citizens. But yeah, definitely gringo
In mexico is pretty much exclusive to people from the US, don’t know about the rest of the continent tho.