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> It's surprising to me how much the word "American" has been appropriated to just mean people from the U.S., when surely as a Canadian, you're also American (i
by aleph_minus_one 3y ago
> It's surprising to me how much the word "American" has been appropriated to just mean people from the U.S., when surely as a Canadian, you're also American (i.e. living in North America).
Also people from Middle American (Mexico, Guatemala, Cuba, ...) and South American countries (Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, Peru, ...) are Americans. :-)
- ndsipa_pomu 3y ago> Also people from Middle American (Mexico, Guatemala, Cuba, ...) and South American countries (Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, Peru, ...) are Americans. :-) I'd be inclined to refer to Mexico as North America, but then I wouldn't know which countries would be called Middle American
- qbrass 3y agoNorth America is everything north of South America. Central America is the land between Mexico and South America. It's also part of North America, and also part of Middle America. Middle America is Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean islands, Columbia, and Venezuela. The latter two countries are in South America, the rest is in North America. Middle America is also a term for flyover country in the US. Which is how it's almost always used in the US.