Possibly linux@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoAmericans rarely refer to the US as Americamessage-squaremessage-square47linkfedilinkarrow-up161arrow-down120file-text
arrow-up141arrow-down1message-squareAmericans rarely refer to the US as AmericaPossibly linux@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square47linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareouimaisnon@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 months agoI heard in a podcast recently that many people in the US still believed Africa was a country, and I couldn’t help but wonder if this is somehow related to their using the name of their continent to designate their own country.
I heard in a podcast recently that many people in the US still believed Africa was a country, and I couldn’t help but wonder if this is somehow related to their using the name of their continent to designate their own country.