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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What was the deleted comment above you?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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