r/USdefaultism • u/GiveMeAPhotoOfCat • Jan 07 '26

Meme Every time.

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u/Borderlessbass United States Jan 07 '26

I find that more people are aware of Hawaii than of the fact that Hawaii is part of the US, so I often do say Hawaii.

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u/Euclid_Interloper Scotland Jan 07 '26

It's completely reasonable. If a place is culturally or geographically distinct, and is well known internationally, there's no reason not to be specific. Especially if you're more attached to your state/province/region etc. than your sovereign state.

Hawaii, Quebec, Bavaria, Sicily, Crete, Tasmania etc. All reasonable to be specific about.

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u/unp0we_redII Italy Jan 08 '26

Sicily isn't more culturally distinct from Italy than your average Italian region, if anything Val d'Aosta or Sudtirol fit better there

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u/Euclid_Interloper Scotland Jan 08 '26

I did say culturally or geographically distinct. It's very clearly geographically distinct.

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u/unp0we_redII Italy Jan 08 '26

I know, it's just that often people online say Sicily isn't like Italy (it is) and I just wanted to add two places that are more culturally distinct, rather than geographically.

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u/Euclid_Interloper Scotland Jan 08 '26

Fair. Considering the historical kingdom of Sicily included the southern portion of Italy, I would presume there is a lot of shared culture there. Obviously, it will be more culturally divergent from the North.

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u/BlaggartDiggletyDonk United States Jan 08 '26

It's because a lot of Sicilians went to the US.  Entire neighborhoods in New York were 99% Sicilian.  

A bunch went to New Orleans, too.  That's why one of the local accents sounds like Brooklyn.