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You were responding to my comment that read: > It grinds the gears of many Americans when people conflate the USA with America as well though. As you can see,

You were responding to my comment that read: > It grinds the gears of many Americans when people conflate the USA with America as well though. As you can see, I was not complaining about the usage of "Americans" but rather about the conflation of "USA" and "America". I did say it grinds the gears of many Americans when that happens, which might be the cause of your confusion. > MDF: capital district of Mexico. Thanks! I did think you were not talking about medium-density fibreboard! :D

mc32 5y ago
All Americans I know take USA and America to be one and the same, so no complaints here. As far as I know people from the southern continent call themselves sudanericanos or alternatively sulanericanos in their native languages. Again, in English there is no confusion about what the word America refers to. It may make a difference in Brazilian or South American Spanish, but that’s their problem, not an English problem.
- cassianoleal 5y ago
  > All Americans I know take USA and America to be one and the same, so no complaints here. Perhaps not for you, but that's pretty much the main point here. :) > As far as I know people from the southern continent call themselves sudanericanos or alternatively sulanericanos in their native languages. Sudamericanos, latinoamericanos, sul-americanos, latino-americanos OR americanos. They all work. > Again, in English there is no confusion about what the word America refers to. I'm pretty sure I speak English daily, and there is definite confusion. There's also the problem that this language excludes a lot of people. > It may make a difference in Brazilian or South American Spanish, but that’s their problem, not an English problem. Allow me to pick a small nit: the language is Portuguese. In some contexts it may make sense to distinguish the American from the European variety but it's still mainly Portuguese in the same way that US/American English is still English. That doesn't affect the point you're making in any way, of course.

mc32 5y ago

All Americans I know take USA and America to be one and the same, so no complaints here. As far as I know people from the southern continent call themselves sudanericanos or alternatively sulanericanos in their native languages. Again, in English there is no confusion about what the word America refers to. It may make a difference in Brazilian or South American Spanish, but that’s their problem, not an English problem.

cassianoleal 5y ago
> All Americans I know take USA and America to be one and the same, so no complaints here. Perhaps not for you, but that's pretty much the main point here. :) > As far as I know people from the southern continent call themselves sudanericanos or alternatively sulanericanos in their native languages. Sudamericanos, latinoamericanos, sul-americanos, latino-americanos OR americanos. They all work. > Again, in English there is no confusion about what the word America refers to. I'm pretty sure I speak English daily, and there is definite confusion. There's also the problem that this language excludes a lot of people. > It may make a difference in Brazilian or South American Spanish, but that’s their problem, not an English problem. Allow me to pick a small nit: the language is Portuguese. In some contexts it may make sense to distinguish the American from the European variety but it's still mainly Portuguese in the same way that US/American English is still English. That doesn't affect the point you're making in any way, of course.