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In response to "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" by Mop

We Americans refer to it as America as well. -- (edited)

Posted by .🎡 (aka liioulu) Jul 15 '22, 00:06

Yes, it is arrogancd considering we are on one of two American continents.

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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

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