I consider your comment highly offensive. You can’t tell a people what they are allowed to call themselves in their own language just because the same word means something else in another language. In English “America” refers unambiguously to the United States because there is no continent called “America.”
I would love to see people’s reaction if France started calling itself Europe or China called itself Asia
This comparison would work only if “Europe” meant one thing in French, and if the word “China” meant one thing in Chinese, and they both meant something entirely different in other languages.
Funny because all English dictionaries mention that America is also a word that refers to the continent(s) and I find it highly offensive that you guys find it acceptable to appropriate the term to refer to one country that actually has another name (when the “America” in that name actually refers to the continent too).
when the “America” in that name actually refers to the continent too
In English, there is North America and there is South America. Collectively, you can call them the Americas. Just “America” on its own refers to the country. It doesn’t matter what A-M-E-R-I-C-A mean in a different language. Spanish has what is fundamentally a different word, with the same spelling, to refer to something else. In linguistic terms it’s a false friend. The etymological origins are, indeed, the same, but it took on separate meanings in different languages. Nobody is confused about this, however. You’re just being an asshole.
ENGLISH dictionaries mention that America is also a word that refers to the continent(s), it’s as valid IN ENGLISH to use it to refer to the country as it is to refer to the continent(s), only one of the two usages discriminates against people of other countries.
The USA has been named the USA for a long time before America was used to refer to the country so yes, its name refers to States that’s are united on the American continent (in opposition to the other States which aren’t united to them like Canada, Mexico, Chile and so on).
It’s not about confusion, it’s about the US acting like the center of the fucking universe.
it’s as valid IN ENGLISH to use it to refer to the country as it is to refer to the continent(s)
It’s really not but you already know that, just as you know the (s) is incorrect because, in English, there is absolutely no such thing as a continent called America.
It’s not about confusion, it’s about the US acting like the center of the fucking universe.
It’s about you being a hypocrite and accusing a group of people of acting like the center of the universe because they use a word differently in their language than you use it in yours. You are being incredibly disrespectful of other cultures by trying to impose foreign definitions on how people describes themselves.
The fucking hypocrisy of you saying it’s disrespectful to take away US citizens’ ability to refer to themselves as Americans when they’re taking it away from everyone else that lives on the continent! You are not the center of the universe.
Also very funny that you’re talking about “my language” when English isn’t from the USA and isn’t the official language of just the USA in America. You have no idea if my first language is English or French or Spanish or Portuguese or anything else, you just assume it’s not English because I’m calling you out and you can’t accept that an English speaker wouldn’t be sucking your USian dick.
I consider your comment highly offensive. You can’t tell a people what they are allowed to call themselves in their own language just because the same word means something else in another language. In English “America” refers unambiguously to the United States because there is no continent called “America.”
This comparison would work only if “Europe” meant one thing in French, and if the word “China” meant one thing in Chinese, and they both meant something entirely different in other languages.
Funny because all English dictionaries mention that America is also a word that refers to the continent(s) and I find it highly offensive that you guys find it acceptable to appropriate the term to refer to one country that actually has another name (when the “America” in that name actually refers to the continent too).
In English, there is North America and there is South America. Collectively, you can call them the Americas. Just “America” on its own refers to the country. It doesn’t matter what A-M-E-R-I-C-A mean in a different language. Spanish has what is fundamentally a different word, with the same spelling, to refer to something else. In linguistic terms it’s a false friend. The etymological origins are, indeed, the same, but it took on separate meanings in different languages. Nobody is confused about this, however. You’re just being an asshole.
ENGLISH dictionaries mention that America is also a word that refers to the continent(s), it’s as valid IN ENGLISH to use it to refer to the country as it is to refer to the continent(s), only one of the two usages discriminates against people of other countries.
The USA has been named the USA for a long time before America was used to refer to the country so yes, its name refers to States that’s are united on the American continent (in opposition to the other States which aren’t united to them like Canada, Mexico, Chile and so on).
It’s not about confusion, it’s about the US acting like the center of the fucking universe.
It’s really not but you already know that, just as you know the (s) is incorrect because, in English, there is absolutely no such thing as a continent called America.
It’s about you being a hypocrite and accusing a group of people of acting like the center of the universe because they use a word differently in their language than you use it in yours. You are being incredibly disrespectful of other cultures by trying to impose foreign definitions on how people describes themselves.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/America
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/america
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/america
Go tell them they’re wrong then!
The fucking hypocrisy of you saying it’s disrespectful to take away US citizens’ ability to refer to themselves as Americans when they’re taking it away from everyone else that lives on the continent! You are not the center of the universe.
Also very funny that you’re talking about “my language” when English isn’t from the USA and isn’t the official language of just the USA in America. You have no idea if my first language is English or French or Spanish or Portuguese or anything else, you just assume it’s not English because I’m calling you out and you can’t accept that an English speaker wouldn’t be sucking your USian dick.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/07/when-did-the-united-states-start-calling-itself-america-anyway/