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    1 year ago

    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.

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