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[–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

USAian reads better than USAn 🤷 And I'm not going to type out "United Statesman" every time I want to refer to something USAian like a car. "United Statesman car".

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    “USAian” doesn’t read better than anything when it’s a made up word that looks ridiculous. Just say “a US car” or “American”.

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    lol alright then. Good luck dictating how a language operates.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Like you were trying to dictate how I speak? Yeah, I won't be doing that.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    No, my dude. You just seemed like a non-native speaker of English and I was trying to help you out. It’s what I do for a living. I’ll be happy to teach “USAian” to my students if it ever becomes commonplace vernacular that they would likely hear on the streets. Unfortunately since it’s kind of grammatically nonsensical and weirder to both say and understand, that might take a whole lot more effort to accomplish than you seem to think it will. Good luck though. I find linguistic evolution interesting, so I won’t stop you.

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