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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Maybe trump should give his tax return, you know...to see what happens
Also, I dont know if this have been coment but Trump did said that Obama was born in this country....after braggin about his hotel.
damn, he those poison everything, dosent it?
"My Name is Bolt, Bolt Crank and I dont care if you believe or not"That music video annoys me. "America was the New World, Europe was the Old", and it shows "America" as strictly the USA, while the Old World covers all Eurasiafrica without distinction.
Seriously, fuck this shit. If you want to appropriate the name "America" for yourselves because you couldn't be arsed to come up with a proper name for your Federation, good for you jerks, but don't also take New World, West Indies, and so on for yourselves. Try and have a more global and inclusive view of the Colombian Exchange, will you?
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.I intentionally misspelled Trump's name For the Lulz. I'll stop doing it now. Sorry for the confusion.
Do not obey in advance.I've seen this topic surface on several occasions. The reason is actually simple. It's a cultural thing. In the Latin American countries, children are taught that 'America' means the continents. They're also taught that the continents are one entity. In the United States, and (in my understanding) much of the rest of the world, children are taught that the continents are separate units. They're termed 'the Americas' as a collective unit. Separately, they're 'North America' and 'South America'. Also, because our country is the 'United States of America', it's known as 'America' in common parlance. It's the same practice as dropping 'Republic of' from Ireland or China. There's nothing appropriative about it. 'America' and 'the Americas' designate two different concepts for us.
edited 17th Sep '16 9:06:25 AM by SpaceWolf
This is a signature.The six continents combined-America model is used mostly in France, Spain, Portugal (along with all their former colonies), Greece and I think two other European countries. The Olympic charter uses this model while excluding Antarctica. The penguins don't matter.
It was also used by the US prior to WWII (which explains the singular use of "America" in "America for the Americans") but it was changed because of reasons. Political reasons, I bet.
All of the anglosphere uses the two-Americas model, while other countries use even more different models (like uniting Europe and Asia or even Europe, Asia and Africa).
Anyway, regardless of how many continents are recognized on any given country, people tend to refer to people from USA as Americans because, in many languages, it's easier to pronounce than Unitedstatians or its variants.
edited 17th Sep '16 9:43:44 AM by Cid
I always found it interesting how citizens of the United States being called "Americans" was apparently a hot button issue for people of Central and South America.
The idea of identifying with an entire continent(s) always came off as a bit weird. Like, that seems to big a scope to tell much that means anything. Or at least, that's how it always came off to me.
I've seen some people propose USians as an alternative, but there's no real accepted way to pronounce it. The next closest comparison I can think of is the UAE, where the people don't refer to themselves as UAEians, but Emiratis in English.
So Statesians? Problem with that is States is a much more ambiguous term than Emirates. It'd be like people in North/East Africa or the Middle East calling themselves Jumhurians.
edited 17th Sep '16 10:12:06 AM by AlleyOop
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Well, during my Game FA Qs days, I remember one US user being livid at a Japanese developer referring to residents of Latin America as "Americans".
edited 17th Sep '16 10:11:05 AM by FawfulCrump

edited 16th Sep '16 10:40:46 PM by Rationalinsanity
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