To add insult to injury, what they call it, Deutschland, sounds like what we should call Netherlands

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[–] 64 points 10 months ago (9 children)

Americans are slowly learning about the rest of the world.

Better late than never.

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    America was originally just the name of South America, then the English lazily coined the term "North America".

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    Entire nations: You cannot keep "America" for yourself. There is history, maps, books, the independence of other countries in the region called for the liberation of "America" (e.g. Simón Bolívar "the liberator of America"; "America for the Americans"; Sentimientos de la Nación: "America is free and independent of Spain and all other nations, governments, or monarchies").

    The U.S. of A.: Yeah... No. I'm America now. There's no other "America" because there's only North America and South America, 🤷🏼‍♂️ don't you know? And the land is The Americas because it's two in one. Duh. Erasure? I call it freedom! 🇺🇸🦅

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  • [–] -1 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    The amazing thing is, people don’t refer to their home country by a two letter acronym.

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    In Denmark we refer to the UK as England. If it's more official we call them Storbritannien but no one calls them that in everyday speech. It's just England.

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