[ SECRET POST #2479 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2479 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

But it doesn't cause any confusion for the majority of the populace. Only the Spanish-speakers of Central and South America who don't realize that "americano" is a false friend of "America".

When a native-English speaker who is not trying to adopt the Latino mindset says "American", they 100% always mean "citizen of the United States". Never does it cause any confusion, until someone decided they didn't understand the concept of 'false friends', and caused confusion.

The only confusion it brings about is the people who are not educated well enough in English or Spanish or refuse to acknowledge the differences in the two languages.

I don't understand why you think this would avoid wank. Americans have had that name for centuries. You're asking for a grassroots movement to change an entire language. What would cause the wank to go away is if the tiny tiny minority of people who insist that "American" doesn't mean "citizen of the US" just understood americano=/=American.

If they need to make it abundantly clear they mean US citizen. Then they can say that. Or US-American.

Literally the most complicated option is adopting the Latin viewpoint.