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IIRC, there's only one English speaking South American country, and the Amazon doesn't run through it. You could argue that 'some people in some countries' spe
by axaxs 7y ago
IIRC, there's only one English speaking South American country, and the Amazon doesn't run through it. You could argue that 'some people in some countries' speak English, which is true, but the same is also true that a large amount of folks in the US speak Spanish, yet we don't try to claim .EU.
- cambalache 7y agoThe Amazon is not just the river and the basin it is also,most importantly, the rainforest which belongs to 8 countries (9 if you count France). You have Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, English, and French plus several creole languages there. Guess whose language is the best one for a common denomination?
- axaxs 7y agoThat's an interesting point. I'm not saying you're wrong, just posing the following for thought: If a country/language picks a name for a place, that that place doesn't use, who owns it so to speak? That is, who 'owns' the word Germany? And by own I mean, makes some claim to it. It's hard for me as American perhaps because the 'lingua franca' is my native language. For example, I feel no sense of ownership of the words 'Estados Unitos', or Meiguo(sp?), and see them as belonging to other countries. Food for thought...
- ryanlol 7y agoPortuguese? Spanish?