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Yeah, my hot take here is that the church wanted an American pope to be able to clap back at Trump, and try to sway some of his religious supporters.
Trump 2 changed the calculus
Pope Francis was from S. America, so technically this is not the first American pope.
Quick question: what is the demonym (a word used to identify people who are from a particular place) of the people from the USA?
Yanks
There is 'Usonian', but nobody uses it.
USers.
American. Or if we're being a little silly 'Murican.
US-American, often abbreviated to just American.
According to English speakers who didn't understand the proper meaning of words like "continent," it's "Americans." It's stuck around now though.
According to most other languages and nations who use more accurate descriptors, it's closer to "Statesman." You know, people from the 'United States'
Personally I'd say Statesian than Statesman, but it is the same thing
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US Americans
Amusingly, the very first search result I got for "US americans" is Exactly what I thought it would be
Here in Murica the colloquial meaning of an unqualified "America" is "the United States of America" its just the way we speak Β―\_(γ)_/Β―
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I'm starting to think we live in a Neal Breen movie.
No... no... NOOOOOO!!!! IT MAKES TOO MUCH SENSE!!!!!
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An American pope? In this economy?
It worked in Blazing Saddles π€·
Dank reference. π«Ά
Oh fun, I look forward to American gun insanity getting mixed into the Catholicism.
Priests and Nuns do have great kit for concealed carry.
I'm sure the new pope is honored to have CitiesByDiana congratulating him.
Conclvave sounds like something you see a doctor about after a week locked in a room with hookers and blow.
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