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In the English-speaking world, there is no American continent.

Not true. North and South America were made up by the government to brainwash people. It’s a conspiracy.

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slackassassin@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Sure, 4 out continents, but what about incontinence.

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hikaru755@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
This is about language, not geology. Doesn’t really matter how it came to be that way, North and South America are effectively treated as separate continents and very rarely referred to as a whole, and you saying “but actually” doesn’t change that.

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- HardlightCereal@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Words can be coined. America is a continent. There, if the word didn’t exist before, it does now.
  
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  - hikaru755@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    You’re right that words can be coined and their usage changed, but you seem to be misinformed about how that happens. You just deciding we’re gonna do it this way now is not gonna cut it, sorry
    
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