←back to thread

606 points saikatsg | 1 comments | | HN request time: 0.218s | source
Show context
moralestapia[dead post] ◴[] No.43929448[source]
[flagged]
EasyMark ◴[] 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.
replies(3): >>43929575 #>>43929598 #>>43929814 #
Izikiel43 ◴[] No.43929598[source]
> most of the world, when they say America or American, they mean the US

Ehh no. In school in Argentina you are taught that the whole continent is called America, then you have subcontinents in it (North/central/south), and I would guess other south american countries are the same. If you want to say citizen of the USA in Argentina you would call them yankees.

replies(2): >>43929640 #>>43931191 #
hollerith ◴[] No.43929640[source]
OK, but English speakers are under no obligation to follow conventions and vocabulary used by Spanish speakers. Similarly, the Poles, French and English all have their own words for Germany that look nothing like "Deutschland". (The Polish word for Germany is Niemcy. The French word is Allemagne.)
replies(1): >>43930191 #
Izikiel43 ◴[] No.43930191[source]
Sure, but the op said "most of the world", which is not true, I gave a counter example.
replies(2): >>43930337 #>>43931138 #
1. JohnPrine ◴[] No.43931138[source]
giving a single counter example does not mean "most of the world" is not true here