BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoCall an ambulance because I'm dead, and I'm Canadian and can afford it.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square99fedilinkarrow-up1995arrow-down123
arrow-up1972arrow-down1imageCall an ambulance because I'm dead, and I'm Canadian and can afford it.lemmy.worldBonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square99fedilink
minus-squarebob_lemon@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up49·1 day agoExactly. The term we use to categorize Italians is “Italian”.
minus-squareSergio@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·1 day agoI have Sicilian relatives who would debate that.
minus-squareCort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·23 hours agoThat they wouldn’t want to be called Italian, or that that would debate you?
minus-squareyeather@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 hours agoItalians fall into the trap of being from their specific region rather than the country. Somebody from Sicily will say that aren’t Italian they are Sicilian, likewise how someone in Rome is Roman. To everyone else they are all Italian.
minus-squareBigAssFan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 hours agoSame goes for Germans. On another level: also for Brits or Europeans.
minus-squareyeather@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoI feel like Germans are either German or Bavarian, and Brits use cities more than regions, but still identify as British to outsiders.
Exactly. The term we use to categorize Italians is “Italian”.
I have Sicilian relatives who would debate that.
That goes for pretty much anywhere in Italy
That they wouldn’t want to be called Italian, or that that would debate you?
Italians fall into the trap of being from their specific region rather than the country. Somebody from Sicily will say that aren’t Italian they are Sicilian, likewise how someone in Rome is Roman. To everyone else they are all Italian.
Same goes for Germans. On another level: also for Brits or Europeans.
I feel like Germans are either German or Bavarian, and Brits use cities more than regions, but still identify as British to outsiders.