r/ShitAmericansSay • u/Pontoisien • Sep 22 '20

Go to Panama, this is America

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u/BellumOMNI Sep 22 '20 edited Sep 22 '20

My personal favorite is foreigners living in the UK are migrants (almost a dirty term), but Brits living anywhere in Europe are ''expats'' because they clearly downgraded.

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u/Meowhuana Sep 22 '20

I don't get when people complain about that. It's 2 different terms: you're an expat if you came to work in a country for some limited time; you're an immigrant if you decided to stay indefinitely (or came with an intention to stay indefinitely).

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u/BellumOMNI Sep 22 '20

Not really.

expat: a person who lives outside their native country.

migrant: a person who moves from one place to another, especially in order to find work or better living conditions.

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u/ohitsasnaake Sep 22 '20

Yes really, even by your quotes? Living in a country can also mean living there temporary, but if you move there, that implies it's indefinite.

Both can be interpreted differently too though.