ok?

modesty

these are getting weird

The binturong of prancing

you cannot brute force a sea change in multiple languages simply because you personally misunderstand the difference between etymology and semantics and also assume (in, hilariously, a very american-centric way) that the billion-plus individuals must have a closer connection to the concept of continent than they do to nationality or other regional identities. a catfish is not literally a cat. it is a completely random trick of language evolution that nationals of the united states of america are not called unitans or vespuccians. calm down and stop being irritating

It would be like if the EU monopolized the term “European” and only citizens of member states were recognized as being European, even though there are a number of countries in Europe that aren’t part of the EU. If those people complain about being left out, “it’s just a quirk of semantics” is a pretty dumb argument, especially when you’re appealing to languages not spoken in the region as a defense and intentionally leaving out the largest language spoken in the region

Me: wadda hell…….. ….bulnosaur

i’m putting together a team