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Don't (US) Americans often think of Mexico as part of "South America"? North or Central America would be more correct geographically but the major divider in p
by peterfirefly 11y ago
Don't (US) Americans often think of Mexico as part of "South America"?
North or Central America would be more correct geographically but the major divider in practice is the US/Mexican border, isn't it?
We (in Western Europe) also called some of the Central European states "Eastern Europe" for a long time because the Iron Curtain was the thing that mattered, not the actual East/West position.
- dragonwriter 11y ago> Don't (US) Americans often think of Mexico as part of "South America"? I've lived in the US for my whole life -- more than four decades -- and this is literally the first time I've seen this abuse of "South American", so I'm going to say, no, its not that common. > North or Central America would be more correct geographically but the major divider in practice is the US/Mexican border, isn't it? Well, the US/Mexican border is the "major divider in practice" between US and Mexico, but not between North and South America (when a common term for the Spanish-speaking and Portuguese-speaking countries of North and South America is needed, "Latin America" is the usual collective term.) Heck, even ignorant Americans abusing a term will just call everyone who seems like they might be Latin American "Mexican" rather than "South American". (Which, wrong as it is in general, is a far better approximation when you are talking about US immigration.)
- peterfirefly 11y ago> and this is literally the first time I've seen this abuse of "South American", so I'm going to say, no, its not that common. Ok, thanks. Bad guess on my part.