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[missdaredevil]

1.What do you call people who hire prostiutes?

2.What is your nationality? USA.
Shouldn't that be American or Canadian rather than America or Canada.



Thanks

[Brian Boyd]

1. In America they're called 'Johns' (or maybe that's old fashioned now?). Someone who hires prostitutes a lot is a whoremonger.

2. Yes it should be American...

I'm (nationality). (eg: I'm French)

I'm from (country). (eg: I'm from France)

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[John101]

my god what are you writing about!!

The only name that i can think of from my part of the world would be "curb crawler" this refers to men who drive around streets picking prostitutes up. I dont think we actually have a name for people who actually go with prostitutes regularly beside the usual words you would use to describe a no good person such as "scumbag" although im sure brians suggestions are valid i have never heard them used here.

USA = united states of america

Canadians will get very upset if you tell them they are part of the US
so usa nationality is american only

[missdaredevil]

I never meant that Canada is part of America.
Did I suggest that in my sample sentence?

[missdaredevil]

[LucentShade]

"Whoremonger" is a valid term, though it's a bit old/obsolete. "John" is also valid slang. I've also heard simpler terms like "customer" or "client." And John101, MDD wasn't saying that Canada was part of the USA--she was using that as an example to say that the correct sentence should be "I'm [nationality adjective]" instead of "I'm [country name]."

[missdaredevil]

Thanks for clarifying tha for me.