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minus-squareMyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·28 days agoI mean… No other nation put “America” in their name. And “United” and “States” are even more generic. Heck, “United States” isn’t even distinctive. “Uni” is already “university”, “Statist” is already something else Statian / station Stater / stator Unitian / munition “Unitarian” is already something Unit 👎 Unish 👎 Ustan / Houston UnStan, UnStian, UniStan, UniStAm👎 “Yank(ee)” is almost exclusively derogatory, and a fair chunk of the nation uses it to denigrate a different chunk. “Yu-ess-ian” is just unbelievably aweful Usonian didn’t take off, but we could give it another go.
I mean… No other nation put “America” in their name. And “United” and “States” are even more generic. Heck, “United States” isn’t even distinctive.