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minus-squareFistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·9 days agoI live in Australia, I was unaware of your regional differences with that word! We use it to describe all of you
minus-squareHobbes_Dent@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down2·9 days agoCanada too. Y’all down there in Red White and Stupid land can complain all you want about “yanks” meaning all the US considering you’ve co-opted “American” to mean the same thing.
minus-squareSreudianFlip@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down3·9 days agoThey don’t understand that we mean it like “Yanqui”, as in, imperialists.
I live in Australia,
I was unaware of your regional differences with that word!
We use it to describe all of you
Canada too.
Y’all down there in Red White and Stupid land can complain all you want about “yanks” meaning all the US considering you’ve co-opted “American” to mean the same thing.
They don’t understand that we mean it like “Yanqui”, as in, imperialists.