• Torres@lemmy.world
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      I know, it’s more a subconscious thing for me. Also the fact that for whatever reason in many countries of south america we consider north and south america a single continent, so the word “America” would generally refer to the whole continent.

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        1 年前

        What was the deleted comment above you?

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          That when refering to the whole continent, english speaking people use “the Americas”, and “America” always refers to the US (in english)