Comment on Time to redraw America's borders in a way that finally makes sense.
makyo@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoBelieve it or not, those two terms are use interchangably and somehow no one gets confused. A continent AND a country can both have the same name without the world ending.
FelixCress@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Let me point you to this handy little guide:
lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/36440098
makyo@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I will never understand why y’all get such a pedantry hard on for this specific topic
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
I think to most of those people it’s like the US is trying to “steal” the name America from the rest of the continents, but it’s really only the Spanish speaking parts of the Americas that feel that way about it. But they can have it their way in their language, and it doesn’t detract from anything. It’s like getting pissy because some cultures count continents by separating Europe from Asia and others have Eurasia (without even getting started on Afro-Eurasia).
Triasha@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Separating Europe and Asia is just racism really.
can@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Are you from the USA?
FelixCress@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I never understand why USians get really pissed about them being called USians.
Triasha@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Honestly a better convention.