FrancisNobleman said:
Throw away that book immediatelly. It is incorrect. It's the same as saying western europe and eastern europe are 2 different continents. This is america -snip- From top to bottom. I know were you are coming form though, people are just so much used to that notion that it becomes the normal thing to say. As for me I find it racism and can't stand news outlets like "America spies on Angela Merkel". Lol no, fucking US corrupts spy on it, not Brazzilians. Or "America is fat", may not sound that good in Chile you average ignorant US reporter.
But that's just me and my habit of saying things like they just are lol. |
People in different places learn the continents differently, dude. Just because you learned this specific way where the entire landmass is referred to as "America" doesn't mean you're correct. It just means you're from a different friggin' country!
I grew up in a Nicaragua and learned it your way as well, where north and south are one continent, but I don't care when people separate them. In all English speaking countries they have two continents and refer to people from the USA as Americans. Germans, Dutch, and some other Northern Europeans use "America" to refer to the US as well. Only in Spansih and Portuguese do I notice the word "Estadounidense" and whatever the portuguese version of that is.
But that's just me and my habit of saying things like they just are.
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