Possibly linux@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoAmericans rarely refer to the US as Americamessage-squaremessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up166arrow-down118file-text
arrow-up148arrow-down1message-squareAmericans rarely refer to the US as AmericaPossibly linux@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square74fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareouimaisnon@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 day agoI heard in a podcast recently that many people in the US still believed Africa was a country, and I couldn’t help but wonder if this is somehow related to their using the name of their continent to designate their own country.
I heard in a podcast recently that many people in the US still believed Africa was a country, and I couldn’t help but wonder if this is somehow related to their using the name of their continent to designate their own country.