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First American pope elected and will be known as Pope Leo XIV

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606 points saikatsg | 2 comments | 08 May 25 16:30 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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moralestapia[dead post] ◴[08 May 25 18:18 UTC] No.43929448[source]▶
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EasyMark ◴[08 May 25 18:26 UTC] No.43929551[source]▶
Sure but most of the world, when they say America or American, they mean the USA, otherwise they'll say "the Americas" or "North American" or "South American" or refer to a specific country. It's just a reality that a lot of people don't want to face, but you have to be pragmatic in life for the most part.
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1. timeon ◴[08 May 25 18:46 UTC] No.43929814[source]▶
> Sure but most of the world

Not really. (Also we call English Channel 'La Manche' - even if we do not understand French).

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2. nozzlegear ◴[08 May 25 22:14 UTC] No.43931913[source]▶
> Also we call English Channel 'La Manche' - even if we do not understand French

Do we? I've literally never heard it called anything other than the English Channel. After some quick googling and gpting, I can't find any reference to it being referred to as "La Manche" outside of France. The closest I got was "Canal de la Mancha" in Spain.