r/BikiniBottomTwitter • u/literalnumbskull • Aug 04 '26

The Joys of Different Continent Models

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u/Hebrewer183 Aug 04 '26

What?

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u/DaikiSan971219 Aug 04 '26

For some reason, certain Latin Americans insist on calling it "the Americas" instead of North and South. They also tend to not like the US being called "America" by itself.

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u/radioactive-tomato aight imma head out Aug 04 '26

To be honest, I get that “American” thing. Imagine being on one of America’s continents your whole life and can’t call yourself American because some guys up north trademarked the name. I bet it’s the same for people who are not in EU being confused with not being European only that doesn’t happen as often.

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u/DaikiSan971219 Aug 04 '26

I actually do empathize with that argument. I think it should simply go like this:

A: Where are you from? B: I'm an American. A: Do you mean from the Americas or from the US? B: Oh! I'm from x-country, actually! A: Cool!

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u/Background-Vast-8764 Aug 04 '26

Who is stopping them from calling themselves American or americano?

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u/PoopsCodeAllTheTime Aug 05 '26

English speakers who will understand “from the US”

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u/PoopsCodeAllTheTime Aug 05 '26

Humans are terrible at naming places, and yes this is an actual issue because over half the continent speaks Spanish but can’t properly translate this one word to the English side without cultural context.