• ChicoSuave
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    1 month ago

    USonians is an interesting way of saying American.

    • ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml
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      1 month ago

      You can blame usonian architect Frank Lloyd Wright for bringing that back to the lexicon. It comes from a Scottish-usonian writer who thought “American” was pretentious and variations of “United Statian” not specific.

      Fun fact: In esperanto, the denonym of the US is “usono”