• acetanilide@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    The number of people in my town that think our language is American, Mexicans speak Mexican, all Asian people are Chinese, and any random combination of cities/countries are part of the United States makes this very plausible.

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      2 months ago

      Like you could say American is a sub dialect of English with it further broken down into accents. But I doubt most folks think of it that way, especially folks who say “I speak American” outside of an argument with the English.

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          Sure, but we’ve been in this timeline since the Escalator Ride to Hell so it’s not, like, that unusual.

          Heck, Pizzagate was a no-shit, for real thing these chowderheads yapped about for years. Maybe still do.

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      and any random combination of cities/countries are part of the United States

      You do have a few Saint-Petersburgs, right? And Athens? And Cairos?

      that think our language is American,

      Similar to Russia then.

      Mexicans speak Mexican,

      Similar to Russia then.

      all Asian people are Chinese,

      Still similar to Russia.