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Does the usage of African instead of Guinean bother anyone else? Africa is widely not recognized as a continent of distinct countries and this isn't helping. It
by alukima 12y ago
Does the usage of African instead of Guinean bother anyone else? Africa is widely not recognized as a continent of distinct countries and this isn't helping. It's like referring to people from the U.S., Canada, and Mexico as North Americans.
- zachrose 12y agoYeah, the mistake of referring to Africa as a single nation is unfortunately common in the U.S., made by everyone from from leading Republican politicians to, more sadly, Clayton Kershaw. [1] http://www.africaisacontinent.com/common-mistake http://www.africaisacontinent.com/common-mistake [2] http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20101220&content_id=16350030&vkey=news_la&c_id=la http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20101220&content_id=...
- FollowSteph3 12y agoMost people compare it to the flu but what about norovirus. It's spread in a versus similar way and pretty much everyone in the US has had it at one time or another...
- IvyMike 12y agoThere are countries named Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Papua New Guinea, Guyana and French Guiana. I think I'm pretty well traveled but even I have difficulty sorting these all out. So even though "Guinean" would be accurate, it would still cause some confusion.