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Originally posted by @michael
South Americans definitely take issue with the fact that The U.S. calls itself "America". In Spanish, "America" refers to the North & South American continents combined.
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yes, we do
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Originally posted by Vespertine
Probably any of them besides "the States."
Question for anyone from South America or another North American country: do you actually get annoyed/offended when people refer to the US as just "America"? The only people I've seen claim this are in fact from the US.
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yes, yes we do
Quote:
Originally posted by @michael
South Americans definitely take issue with the fact that The U.S. calls itself "America". In Spanish, "America" refers to the North & South American continents combined.
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you forgot central america, and America itself is the continent, calling US America is just a short for the full name, I guess