What do you usually call our country?

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1. The US

2. America.

3. Home

4. America

5. Depends on who I’m speaking with. The US for foreigners (except where the word for the US in a foreign language is some variation of “America”) and a mix of America/the US for Americans.

6. The US if I’m being casual, United States if I’m being more formal.

7. the US

8. The US in English. In mandarin I call it the inverse of the actual name in that language which translates to something like beautiful country (ugly country) as a dad joke.

9. Depends on who I’m talking too.

   Foreigner while abroad? The states. Referring to foreign policy? The United States. Any other time? America.

10. America or the US, I don’t really know exactly what decides which.

11. the “US” or “the states” never much liked America because well there are two continents worth of America and that seems a little presumptive

12. America

13. The US

14. The US. I am under the opinion that we need a cool name because our current name is only descriptive. We are states that are united and in America.

15. Home

16. The United States, the US, the USA, America.

17. The US, america, the States

18. The US. But occasionally i say America, just not often.

19. ‘Murica

20. Europeans – The states/ The US

    Most of the people I meet in Asia – America

    Other Americans – “I’m from Arizona”

21. America, probably. “The US” is a close second.

22. I dunno, where are you from?

23. The US. The United States.

    I pretty much never use “America” even though, obviously, I do use “American”.

24. America

25. Estados Unidos.. Murica when I’m annoyed. The US 🤷‍♀️ depends on the context

26. the US, USA, or the United States

27. “The Motherfuckin’ US of A”

    Yes, every time.

28. America. Any other answer is unnecessary.

29. The US or United States

30. America

31. America/The US.

32. die US

    os Estados Unidos

    the US

    I only speak those three, so those are my options when abroad.

33. The Union.

34. America.

35. Asians -> “America”

    Europeans / other Americans -> “The US”

36. fucked.