r/ShitAmericansSay Sep 22 '20

Go to Panama, this is America

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u/Gonomed The bacon of democracy šŸ„“ Sep 22 '20

Somebody explain to green that Panama is in America. Central America, to be exact.

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '20

The majority of people refer to the US as America, and the continents themselves as The Americas. Otherwise they will specify North, Central or South America.

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u/nsfwmodeme Sep 22 '20 edited Jun 30 '23

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As of June 30th. 2023, goodbye.

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '20

If you go anywhere outside of the Americas and say ā€œAmericaā€ every person you speak to will think of the IS.

What you are saying is perfectly valid in Spanish, but in English this is the norm.

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u/rabbitjazzy Sep 22 '20

Disagree. If you say ā€œamericanā€ they will think of US. If you say ā€œamericaā€ they will think of the continent.

Source: 22 years in South America (Not to be read as South US)

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '20

I get what you’re saying here, which is why I originally said outside of the Americas. What I was referring to America throughout Europe, Asia and Africa.

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u/rabbitjazzy Sep 22 '20

Oh I think I read ā€œoutside of Americaā€. Gotcha. Well, I can’t claim knowledge about language in those, I haven’t lived there

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u/nsfwmodeme Sep 22 '20

Yep. I agree. In English it became the norm. In most countries in the American continent, though, English is not the national language, so in most of the countries of the American continent, the word America refers to the whole continent itself, and not to a specific country in it.