Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 days agoI felt so betrayed when I found out Germany isn't called Germany in Germanymessage-squaremessage-square200fedilinkarrow-up1255arrow-down143file-text
arrow-up1212arrow-down1message-squareI felt so betrayed when I found out Germany isn't called Germany in GermanyGrandwolf319@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square200fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarefalseWhite@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down1·edit-22 days agoThis might also be mind-blowing for you: The USA and America are not called “the USA” and “America” in most other countries and languages either. Different languages often have completely different sounding country names.
minus-squareskozzii@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·1 day agoExactly, instead of saying USA, we say NAZI now.
minus-squarefalseWhite@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-21 day agoNSA? Nazi States of America. And the citizens of NSA are Ameri-cunts
minus-squarePat_Riot@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 day agoAmericunt! As an American myself I wholeheartedly approve of this epithet for us. The majority of my countrymen are positively unbearable.
minus-square「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」 | (aka: 鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-21 day ago美國 “Beautiful Country” in my language. “America” as in the continent would be 美洲 “American” as in American Nationals would be 美國人 and is distinct from 美洲人 which means the “American” as in "People who live in the Americas. So you don’t need terms like “US-Americans” or “USA’ians”. Chinese is such a simple and beautiful language. Easy to understand.
minus-square「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」 | (aka: 鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-21 day agoEh. The country is beautiful. Politics is ugly, regardless of where you are in the world.
This might also be mind-blowing for you: The USA and America are not called “the USA” and “America” in most other countries and languages either. Different languages often have completely different sounding country names.
Exactly, instead of saying USA, we say NAZI now.
NSA? Nazi States of America.
And the citizens of NSA are Ameri-cunts
Americunt! As an American myself I wholeheartedly approve of this epithet for us. The majority of my countrymen are positively unbearable.
美國 “Beautiful Country” in my language.
“America” as in the continent would be 美洲
“American” as in American Nationals would be 美國人 and is distinct from 美洲人 which means the “American” as in "People who live in the Americas.
So you don’t need terms like “US-Americans” or “USA’ians”.
Chinese is such a simple and beautiful language. Easy to understand.
Time for a rename?
Eh. The country is beautiful.
Politics is ugly, regardless of where you are in the world.
No shit?!