• Torres@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    As someone who was born in South America, it still kind of bothers me when people calls the US America, as if it was the only country in the whole continent :/
    In this case I also thought he meant South America at first, but it’s pretty obvious that he means the US

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        1 year ago

        I know, it’s more a subconscious thing for me. Also the fact that for whatever reason in many countries of south america we consider north and south america a single continent, so the word “America” would generally refer to the whole continent.

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      I’m from Europe and I also thought he meant South America, before I finished reading the context.