Yankee is sometimes abbreviated as “Yank.” People from all over the world, including Great Britain, Australia, and South America, use the term to describe Americans. (In Spanish, it's spelled yanqui.) Sometimes, it's a negative description. Other times, it's a playful term.
The main British colonies in the new world/Americas were the thirteen colonies (Wikipedia). It was thus perhaps natural that the British (and English-speakers in general) came to refer to these thirteen colonies simply as "America". These colonies later became the USA.
Although “ pom” (especially whinging pom) originally only applied to Englishmen who had newly emigrated to Australia, it's now used to refer to Britons in general. Australians can be called Aussies, Ozzies or more formally antipodeans. The term “wild colonial boys” (after the eponymous ballad) has fallen into disuse.
While American is the dominant demonym in English, world languages have other ways of describing them. In French, the term états-unis can be used, as well as estadounidense in Spanish, literally meaning United Statesian. Alongside these terms, forms of American is also used, Américain and americano respectively.
"Us" for me is common in the north east (of England) particularly Co Durham Land of Prince Bishops. It's just an old English way of speaking. Many people say "us" but if they are writing will use the word "me".
There's one striking thing about the way people speak in Britain – the number of times they say 'please' or 'thank you'. A survey in 2018 showed that people in Britain use the words a lot more than in many other countries. It's possibly one reason why Britain has a reputation for politeness.
During the 17th and 18th centuries, dialects from many different regions of England and the British Isles existed in every American colony, allowing a process of extensive dialect mixture and leveling in which English varieties across the colonies became more homogeneous compared with the varieties in Britain.
Folks have been saying Murica long before it became ironic. We can find America written as 'Merica in the early 1800s.
Because of anti-American sentiment or simply national pride, Canadians never apply the term American to themselves. Not being an "American" is a part of Canadian identity, with many Canadians resenting being referred to as Americans or mistaken for U.S. citizens.
It was applied to Federal soldiers and other Northerners by Southerners during the American Civil War (1861–65) and afterward. The origin of the term is unknown. The Oxford English Dictionary says that “perhaps the most plausible conjecture” is that it comes from the Dutch Janke, the diminutive of Jan (John).
' As a nation the Australians rarely use polysyllables when one will do and so pom became the pejorative name for a newly-arrived British immigrant. The Anzac Book of 1916 supported this theory, attributing 'Pom' as an abbreviation of pomegranate.
bloke – man or guy
A stereotype of a typical Australian man: loves beer, sport and barbies. It's similar to “chap”or “fella”.
Early European settlers to Australia — many of whom were convicts — were from all over Great Britain and Ireland, and their speech patterns blended to form the new Australian accent.
Americans welcome nearly five million British travelers to the USA each year. Cities along the Atlantic Coast are most popular, especially Orlando and New York City. But many Brits wander farther west to Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and San Francisco.
Though the origins of the name Uncle Sam are subject to some dispute, most historians believe that the name came from a New York merchant named Sam Wilson, known by his friends as “Uncle Sam.” Wilson supplied beef to American troops during the War of 1812.
On September 9, 1776, the Second Continental Congress adopted a new name for what had been called the "United Colonies.” The moniker United States of America has remained since then as a symbol of freedom and independence.
People with origins from Latin America or the Caribbean may consider themselves as Latino or Hispanic, or prefer neither and consider their race to be their country of origin (such as Colombian, Dominican, or Mexican-American).
While the colonies may have established it, “America” was given a name long before. America is named after Amerigo Vespucci, the Italian explorer who set forth the then revolutionary concept that the lands that Christopher Columbus sailed to in 1492 were part of a separate continent.
Yeet is an exclamation of excitement, approval, surprise, or all-around energy, often as issued when doing a dance move or throwing something.
Generation Z slang differs from slang of prior generations. Gen Z was the first generation to grow up entirely within the internet age. Much of their slang originates from online media, social media apps like TikTok, YouTube, or Twitch.
Australian English arose from a dialectal melting pot created by the intermingling of early settlers who were from a variety of dialectal regions of Great Britain and Ireland, though its most significant influences were the dialects of Southeast England.
"The basis of our accent is Southern British. Americans, in particular, often confuse us. They think the cockney accent is the Australian accent." "It's a mystery lost to time.
Australians have an accent that is often confused with New Zealand's dulcet tones. However, for those in the know, they are as distinct as Canadian and American accents. Kiwis have a tendency to flatten their vowels, and Aussies have more of a nasally twang.