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[–] [email protected] 89 points 6 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 34 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, my hot take here is that the church wanted an American pope to be able to clap back at Trump, and try to sway some of his religious supporters.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

Yup. At least for the folks who are actually religious… I am very curious to see how this will play out. Are most of these r β€œChristian” voters actually Christian or just playing an act.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 6 days ago

Trump 2 changed the calculus

[–] [email protected] 75 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Pope Francis was from S. America, so technically this is not the first American pope.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 days ago (10 children)

Quick question: what is the demonym (a word used to identify people who are from a particular place) of the people from the USA?

[–] rimmedalpha 30 points 6 days ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 days ago

Morons feels more accurate. As a moron anyway.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Sad this doesn't extend to French people as well.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago

First the Fr*nch would have to qualify as people

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 days ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

In the opposite way that when saying Asians no one thinks of Russians, no one thinks of Chileans when you say Americans.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 days ago

US-American, often abbreviated to just American.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago

American. Or if we're being a little silly 'Murican.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago
[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

Amusingly, the very first search result I got for "US americans" is Exactly what I thought it would be

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago (8 children)

According to English speakers who didn't understand the proper meaning of words like "continent," it's "Americans." It's stuck around now though.

According to most other languages and nations who use more accurate descriptors, it's closer to "Statesman." You know, people from the 'United States'

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (5 children)

Pretending to more grammatically correct and calling it "statesman." lol. We all live in states, whether you're in the united states of America or not, unless you live in some kind of anarchist or libertarian commune in the ocean or something.

Language is made up. The term used to refer to people from the USA in English is American essentially everywhere. It doesn't define anything. That's just the word used, and that's OK. For example, ketchup isn't a fermented fish sauce either, despite the original word possibly meaning that, but you likely wouldn't complain about that, because we all know what it means and that's the word we've decided to use for it.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

Personally I'd say Statesian than Statesman, but it is the same thing

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

There is 'Usonian', but nobody uses it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

I think "US-American" is the most accurate, least controversial, and most grammatically correct one there is πŸ˜…

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago (2 children)

South America is South America, not America.

So yes, technically the first American pope. Not the first Pope from the Americas.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

Yes? He’s both from the country of America and from the continent of North America.

This is very basic English, it shouldn’t be blowing your mind.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Hes the second American pope. America refers to both north and south america. The United States of America only referes to a part of America.

He may be the first north american pope and the first pope from the united states of america, but hes not the first american pope.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

No.

We follow a different continental model than you do that separates them into two different continents of North America and South America.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (7 children)

Which continental model you use here is entirely irrelevant anyway because in neither model is north america referred to as just "america". The only time that just "America" is used is to refer to the union of north and south america.

There is no country of America. There is the united states of america which would make the pope a statesman. So you can have the first north american pope, the first statesman pope, or just settle for second american pope.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

America isn't a country.

You are talking about the USA

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 days ago

"American" is the official demonym of the United States but people here will fight you on that for whatever reason.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago

Here in Murica the colloquial meaning of an unqualified "America" is "the United States of America" its just the way we speak Β―\_(ツ)_/Β―

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 days ago (2 children)

An American pope? In this economy?

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Oh fun, I look forward to American gun insanity getting mixed into the Catholicism.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

Priests and Nuns do have great kit for concealed carry.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

Finally the Vatican will know freedom

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ !!! AMERICA, FUCK YEAH !!! πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I'm sure the new pope is honored to have CitiesByDiana congratulating him.

Conclvave sounds like something you see a doctor about after a week locked in a room with hookers and blow.

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