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ThriceFive t1_j8cibf1 wrote

Reply to comment by dbulger in I am 61 years old and just launched my first YouTube channel. AMA by Mysterionaut

Lots of my friends working internationally refer to themselves as expats and not immigrants - people of all ages still use the term.

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dbulger t1_j8cix1v wrote

Fair enough. I've been living outside my birth country (the US) since 1985, and I rarely encounter it. I don't think anyone's ever called me an expat.

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ThriceFive t1_j8cx53d wrote

Maybe it was just more likely in the industries I've worked in with lots of expatriates (Information/Tech focused work, Game development, Oil Industry) or in certain regions.

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dbulger t1_j8d1lyo wrote

Yeah, who knows. TIL. I really thought that word had fallen out of use, but it's easy to forget how much language varies.

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