My family doesn’t celebrate it (bc we never did growing up in the UK), nor do I begrudge anyone their freedom. Anyways, happy independence day y’all. If you need me I’ll be sipping tea in the middle of a wide open field wearing my ceremonial red coat.

  • mattchu pichuOP
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    71 year ago

    Per Google… “An expat or expatriate is simply defined as a person who lives outside their native country. Similarly, an immigrant is a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country. Only one distinction is made here – immigrants intend to stay in their new country indefinitely. Whether expats do or do not is unclear.”

    • livus
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      41 year ago

      Sojourner workers are also usually called “immigrants” not “expats”, especially if they are from non-western nations.

      Like @kennydidwhat says, there is a race/ethnicity component to it.

      An American doctor in Dubai is called an “expat” while a Filipino nanny in America is colloquially called an “immigrant” even if they both fully intend to return to their home countries.