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Comment on Americans rarely refer to the US as America

WildPalmTree@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

They will. They will also know if you say you are from America. My point was that one is no better than the other, from an accuracy point of view. Both have multiple meanings.

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roofuskit@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Mexicans, Canadians, Brazilians… All from America.

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- WildPalmTree@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Agreed. And correct. We are not disagreeing. :)
  
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  - roofuskit@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Definitely not, just adding information for readers.
    
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MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Yet, I’ve never encountered anyone else from around the globe that uses the term “the States” to indicate whichever country they’re from.

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- WildPalmTree@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  And that is my point! Or half of it, I should say. I’ve made too many comments in this thread to keep track of myself. Contextually it works, but that doesn’t make it more suitable than American as that works equally well. No one that isn’t trying to be obtuse will think you mean Mexican when you say American, even though it is technically as correct.
  
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