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Reply #189: Nothing. I think that's the connotation. [View All]

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189. Nothing. I think that's the connotation.
And Americans go along with it- when referring to Europeans.

But, no, we don't use the word to refer to our own very small towns. They're towns, not villages.

Further, we also use the word "village" almost exclusively when referring to non-urban, non-white residential areas in other countries. Almost never "town." And the connotation is different when it is used that way than when used to refer to Europeans.
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