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It bugs me to no end that Brits refer to the U.S. as “America”. But they refer to the Netherlands as “Holland” so at least they’re consistently wrong. -- nm

Posted by Mop (aka rburriel) Jul 14 '22, 21:54

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We Americans refer to it as America as well. -- (edited) - .🎡 Jul 15, 00:06 3
- Right? I almost always say I live in America and I don't think twice about it. -- nm - Krusty Jul 15, 04:57 2
  - There's often a line of "Americans can't claim the continent, Canadians live in America too" to which I say words can have two meanings and I live in - Reagen Jul 15, 05:30 1
    - This all makes sense and I'd also say it's a historical thing where so many people and countries have referred to us in short as America that - Krusty Jul 15, 05:45
what about those who refer to Constantinople as Istanbul? -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 14, 22:34 2
- That's nobody's business but the Turks. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 14, 22:39 1
  - We are called Türkiye now. -- nm - The Türkiyes si Jul 14, 23:04
... um ... it's not just brits. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 14, 22:01

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