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[–] can@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Well, you guys should have come up with a better demonym that didn't belong to the entire continent(s)

[–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Bah! Use a particular state if you know it. Otherwise American serves as well as European.

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

People who aren't USAians usually don't know wtf a Vermont is.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I only learned this exist like this: interested in naval warfare -> there was a battleship named USS Vermont -> US battleships were named after states -> so there must be a state like that -> never heard about it before -> must be a shithole