Great! Accuse a Breton of being a Briton. To make sure he understands, clarify that you’re accusing him of being British, not Britannic, Britonnic or Brythonic. See how it goes down.
If there were an easy way to distinguish inhabitants of the so-called American continent from those of the USA, something like American vs. Amerigan (or Amerikan?), that would settle this silliness. Unfortunately, we’re stuck with the stupid language called English. If you want Spanish to take over, you know what you have to do.
In the end though, we are all displaced Pangaeans…
I see that some people still need help and a couple of lessons for overcoming their stupid ethnocentrism, and because I’m generous but lazy as fuck I’ll just link this:
Yes, “Americans” should look for a better colloquial name for their country. And they should just accept that Peruvian and Canadian and Mexican are as much American as the yankees.
I’d open if it… but it’s pointless. I already know that because USA influence, and because the rest of the World is way too polite, we ended up adopting their way of speaking so that they don’t feel offended, even if later on we laugh at them when they turn their backs. Nah, I don’t care. Just propose a different and better name and we polite people will adopt it.
How about “Miserable Yankees”?
Personally I like it, wouldn’t mind to go with something like that.
omg, thank you. It’s so annoying that Americans call the US “America.” I’ve been complaining about this at anyone who will listen for years. Most Americans are so ignorant of the world around them. Before I left, I told a man fixing my car I was moving and would be teaching “English.” And he asked “you’re going to teach 'Murican?”
No! I’m going to teach English. People in the Americas speak more than just English, including… wait for it… SPANISH (and others). What a moron.
I wonder what our local and literal Nazis would do if I said Mexicans are Americans. F!ck the United States.