It’s just colloquialism, comrade, it’s not that deep. It’s not as though Canada calls themselves Canada of America, and Mexico is already the United States of Mexico. No other American country even have the continents in their name, northern or southern.
So yeah there’s a difference obviously, and I live in the US so people around me always use it that way.
But when I see somebody in European media refer to the American people, or some country getting aid and/or bombed by “America” or “the Americans” it is almost certainly about the USA.
I think there are similarities with other regions if not single countries. Hopefully this isn’t an American thing too, but when somebody refers to Asian people it often means East Asian, and not somebody from Saudia Arabia or northern Russia.
I’ve noticed recently that our European family and friends have this pattern where they’ll call it America or the USA when they’re saying something positive or hopeful about the country, but then they’ll say “the States” or “the US” when being critical or showing concern. It’s very interesting and I wonder how common that is.
the fact that you said Latin America already undercut your point. everyone knows what the title says. language is supposed to be cooperative.
this is no different than if i said “I’m going to Korea next month” and someone was like “um, what do you mean by Korea? are you talking about ROK or DPRK? coz the latter would be tough, and I doubt you’re going all over the entire Korea” like shut up you know what i mean
The US or all of America? The US snobs keep writing “America” as if the US is the only thing that consists of America.
It’s just colloquialism, comrade, it’s not that deep. It’s not as though Canada calls themselves Canada of America, and Mexico is already the United States of Mexico. No other American country even have the continents in their name, northern or southern.
So yeah there’s a difference obviously, and I live in the US so people around me always use it that way.
But when I see somebody in European media refer to the American people, or some country getting aid and/or bombed by “America” or “the Americans” it is almost certainly about the USA.
I think there are similarities with other regions if not single countries. Hopefully this isn’t an American thing too, but when somebody refers to Asian people it often means East Asian, and not somebody from Saudia Arabia or northern Russia.
I’ve noticed recently that our European family and friends have this pattern where they’ll call it America or the USA when they’re saying something positive or hopeful about the country, but then they’ll say “the States” or “the US” when being critical or showing concern. It’s very interesting and I wonder how common that is.
This is such a dumb argument. You know who and what people talk about. Fucking no one is talking about “the Americas” on a regular basis. No one.
Just say US then. If the US is so great and so proud, say US. Latin America exists. It ain’t not there.
the fact that you said Latin America already undercut your point. everyone knows what the title says. language is supposed to be cooperative.
this is no different than if i said “I’m going to Korea next month” and someone was like “um, what do you mean by Korea? are you talking about ROK or DPRK? coz the latter would be tough, and I doubt you’re going all over the entire Korea” like shut up you know what i mean
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No one that is talking about Latin America is saying America. Get over it. Not gonna happen.
USAian?