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Never
That’s a thing?
Literally never.
Never in my life
Never. Most non English speakers would say “Ooh-sa” anyway, and I haven’t heard that either.
Not once ever and I know a lot of foreign born people.
Where on earth did you hear this?
Never
Never times.
I’ve seen an American intentionally mispronounce it as “Oosa”.
Just once. He was a Peruvian native and had no grasp of English.
Never
I believe I heard Jar Jar Binks use the word. He did not seem to be referring to us.
I’ve never seen or heard of that happening.
Are you perhaps friends with Jar-Jar Binks?
Not ever
Like once or twice
never seen this
Zero
Never had this happen
Jar Jar Binks after he sees my deadlift PR: “USA STRONG!”
In German I think they pronounce it “ooh-ess-ah,” because that’s how they say the letters.
Not the same as “You-sah,” but a fun anecdote is that our national women’s soccer team has a long tradition of chanting “[oos, oos, oosa!](https://youtube.com/shorts/kJWH0dq6b2E?feature=share)” in their huddles because of Italian fans’ pronunciation of “USA” when they cheered for our women during their international debut. It stuck and it’s been tradition since then, though it’s a [very niche story](https://www.si.com/soccer/2022/06/15/first-uswnt-1985-debut-kim-wyant-linda-gancitano-title-ix) and not many people – soccer fans included – know about it.
I’ve never seen that happen before.
Never
I haven’t. But I bought a souvenir pocket knife at a state park that was engraved with “USA”. I told the cashier I got a “yoo-sa” knife and she looked at me like I was stupid. I still chuckle when I think about that.
Some nationalities have a hard time with pronouncing English. I was stationed in Japan for 2 years, have you ever tried to listen to a Japanese band try to sing an American rock and roll song?
This is the first time I’ve ever heard it.
People saying not ever I would venture haven’t spent much time with not English speakers. I have lived in Spain and thought English here for about 10 years. I’ve had MANY students pronounce it uuusa. It’s incorrect and I politely correct them on the pronunciation. Ya esta
Happens all the time. We try to correct this by chanting the correct pronunciation every time a large group of us is on camera, but it still isn’t working 😉
I’ve never heard anybody *mistakenly* pronounce it that way, but I’ve heard a few people *intentionally* pronounce it that way as a gag.
Never. In fact, this is the first time I have heard of this.
Nope, but I’m remembering Usanvi from In The Heights (his parents named him after the US Navy). Fiction, though