i would like to remind everyone smugly using "usamerican" that you are not being woke or reclaiming anything you just don't understand how adjectives or languages work
american - national of the united states of america
north american - individual living in or a national of a country located on the continent of north america
south american - individual living in or a national of a country located on the continent of south america
canadian - definitionally, especially lately, person who does not fucking want to be called an american, because "american" in both canadian and american english has the semantic weight of "national of the united states of america"
and this is not, in fact, limited to english
amerískur - icelandic adjective for american (loanword, more on the slang side, bandarískur more often used)
ameríkani - icelandic noun describing a national of the united states of america
américain - french adjective or noun describing a national of the united states of america
you cannot brute force a sea change in multiple languages simply because you personally misunderstand the difference between etymology and semantics and also assume (in, hilariously, a very american-centric way) that the billion-plus individuals must have a closer connection to the concept of continent than they do to nationality or other regional identities. a catfish is not literally a cat. it is a completely random trick of language evolution that nationals of the united states of america are not called unitans or vespuccians. calm down and stop being irritating
The day that "Death to America" also applies to Mexicans, Peruvians, Cubans, etc is the day that I'll accept the weird online statement that "America is all of the Western Hemisphere* and only USians think 'American' applies to them".
*That is not to say the One America model is not an accepted continent interpretation (it's no less valid than the interpretion Europe and Asia are several continents). But to claim it's the only valid interpretation is absolutely bonkers.













