• @[email protected]
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    38 months ago

    They downvoted you, but in Spanish speaking countries, America is a single continent, with North, South, center and Caribbean just being regions

    • @Cryophilia
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      18 months ago

      I dunno what Spanish speaking country you’re from, but every Spanish speaker I’ve ever known has used “America” to casually refer to the USA.

      • @[email protected]
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        28 months ago

        Soy de México y le dicen Estados Unidos en todo latino América

        Here’s a meme from a chilean cartoonist:

        You can also check the Wikipedia page under the section “Number”

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent

        The six-continent combined-America model is taught in Greece and many Romance-speaking countries—including Latin America.[34][42]

        • @Cryophilia
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          -18 months ago

          Have you really ever heard someone from Jalisco or whatever refer to themselves as “American”?

            • @Cryophilia
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              18 months ago

              What? No I mean in casual conversation. Not a technical definition, I’m talking about how people casually refer to themselves.