Since you appear to be from France, I will just point out the hilarious hypocrisy and ignorance of suggesting that North and South America, which are separated by no less than three different tectonic plate boundaries, are the same continent, while living in “Europe”, which hasn’t been tectonically separated from “Asia” for hundreds of millions of years.
MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world 2 months ago
oce@jlai.lu 2 months ago
You’re going to confuse Americans who are taught America is two different continents: North and South (difference with the Latin culture).
wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Since you appear to be from France, I will just point out the hilarious hypocrisy and ignorance of suggesting that North and South America, which are separated by no less than three different tectonic plate boundaries, are the same continent, while living in “Europe”, which hasn’t been tectonically separated from “Asia” for hundreds of millions of years.
You should reflect on that.
oce@jlai.lu 2 months ago
Here it is. As I hinted above, conventional continent boundaries are cultural, not scientific. Have a look: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent#Number
BlaestEgnen@feddit.dk 2 months ago
Citizens of USA are Americans, but likewise are citizens of Mexico, Honduras and Paraguay