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LodeMike@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

Some people see it as pedantic but I’m always bothered when people say “America” when they actually mean the U.S. government. America is a nation, which IMO includes most Canadian citizens and a lot of Mexico (marked by a shared culture). So many bad people use mixing terms between nations and states to try and manifest consent or some shit.

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huppakee@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I think you mean America is not a nation, also besides north-america there is also south-america. You can argue as much as you want about about them being separate continents or not, they definitely share a name. I also talk about Americans when I mean people from US but if someone corrects me the only argument i have is that other people also do that.

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- LodeMike@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Yes, France, the country, and France, the nation also share the same name.
  
  There’s also the British Isles, Britain, and Great Britain.
  
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  - WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    
    Yes, France, the country, and France, the nation also share the same name.
    
    Whenever I see people talking like this I get white nationalist vibes.
    
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    LodeMike@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    France the nation includes more or less everyone who grew up there, so. IDK if or why you seem to think I’m raciat.
    
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Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I can be reasonable I’ll change it.

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