• john_t@piefed.ee
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    1 month ago

    You’re a moron. You said “north-american” isn’t a demonyn in my language. I took the time to show it without insulting you. You doubled down in calling a whole country ignorant.
    I’m insulting you now because it’s the only way you can argue.
    Again, I wasn’t using the article to prove the US is north-america, I used it to show you absolutely didn’t know what you were talking about when you say north-american isn’t a demonym in my own language. And you still insist over and over again that you know portuguese better than me or a news agency.

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      1 month ago

      I don’t even get why are we arguing what is the correct word in Portuguese

      The correct word in English is not North American, so don’t use it in English

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      You spent half a day trying to convince people from a region that you know more about the place they live and the terms they use than they do, even though you live across an ocean. Then you cry because several people from that region educate you.

      I have been very patient with you and explained this to you in great detail without insulting you, often having to repeat myself and explain things to you in simple terms like a child, but you insist on being a culturally and geographically ignorant halfwit.

      All the evidence I can find shows that most of the Portuguese use the correct terms (American) most widely. One single news article is not proof to the contrary. Anyone who uses the term “North-American” in your country is a drooling idiot.