Comment by gib444
1 day ago
Efforts like this are good for people to realise there is a lot of talent in Europe that just gets overshadowed by USA's dominance.
USAians tend think everything is less popular in Europe simply because it is inferior and fails purely on its technical merits. I know nothing will ever change their minds, but at least non-European non-USAians might recognise the efforts a bit more.
We are also willing to accept 'good but not perfect' and understand tradeoffs.
>USAians
The word you're looking for is Americans, despite whatever preconceived notion you think the word "Americans" actually should mean in English. I know nothing will ever change European minds, but at least understand what the correct form is.
>everything is less popular in Europe simply because it is inferior and fails purely on its technical merits
So everything is less popular in Europe because it fails on many other points? Big applause to you, I guess. Are you looking for a participation award?
As an Englishman, I don't need lectures on my language.
English isn't controlled by a central authority. If a new word takes hold, it takes hold, that's it.
The way the USA thinks it has an absolute right to decimate central and South America disgusts me to the core and I'm tired of those poor people being lumped in with the term "Americans". It's offensive to them. The USA does not own the continent as much as the CIA tries.
Just as we received lectures on our declining power, it's time for the USA to suffer the same.
>As an Englishman, I don't need lectures on my language.
An Englishman? You mean Englandian. English is a language, you can't lump everyone who speaks it into one category.
>English isn't controlled by a central authority
Exactly. And the Englandian usage has no superiority over any other.
>The USA does not own the continent as much as the CIA tries.
Maybe not, but we do own the UK (:
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