pezus said:
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The ps3 is outselling the x360 in the eu and everywhere in the world besides usa.
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Except Americas and UK ...
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what will happen if someone call Canadian or Mexcian is American?
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That's actually what I don't understand. Why do USA people call themselves simply Americans? Are Mexicans and Canadians not Americans too?
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Using this logic... I'm an American too.
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Indeed, that's what I meant. You live in America after all. USA citizens refer to USA however as "America". A bit strange
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Simple - USA stands for United States of America - so we shorten it to "America". Canada isn't officially named "Canadian States of America" as are any other of the countries in the Americas.
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Still sounds silly imo. When I talk about America I'm talking about North and South America.
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It's kinda like saying Europe instead of western Asia.
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Lol, how is it like that? Europe is a continent and is not a part of Asia.
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I'm just saying, it's a naming convention based on history. The USA was the first independent colony in North America and had "America" in it's name, so a term like "Americans" stuck. Its also easier and sounds better than United Statesian or something. And we weren't going to call ourselves "the Colonies".
As for Europe, that's based on history too. Many see the division of Europe and Asia into different "continents" to be based on nothing more than lingering Eurocentrism, and call the whole landmass Eurasia instead. Europe is also completely a part of the Eurasian plate, along with most of Asia, so there really isn't any reason to consider it a different continent.
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