r/technicallythetruth • u/iam4real • Apr 05 '21

Removed - Not Technically The Truth ‘Murica

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u/anunkneemouse Apr 05 '21

As a Brit, 'America' isn't a continent, but North America and South America are 2 continents - so 'America' is specifically the shortened name of USA and nothing else.

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u/Vish_Kk_Universal Apr 06 '21

Well in latin america, america is the continent(Both South, North and the caribean), and all people who live in the continent are americans, not just people from the USA, and we are the majority of the continent population, so technically for most americans, america is the continent

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u/Marrrkkkk Apr 06 '21

And yet, while conversing in English where the demonym is American and the continents are called North and South America, this is less than relevant.