gnutard@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 7 days agoDo you like America? Why or why not?message-squaremessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareDo you like America? Why or why not?gnutard@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 7 days agomessage-square68fedilink
minus-squareOutsiderInside@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agoDoes no one understand the difference between a country and the continent where it is?
minus-squareandrewta@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agoIf you say “I’m going to America” pretty much everyone on the planet knows you mean “I’m going to the United States of America”. No one cares if someone uses the short hand of “I’m going to America”.
minus-squareOutsiderInside@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-25 days agoDebatable: if someone says that, pretty much everyone would think that such person is from US.
minus-squareandrewta@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 days agoI’ve spoken to people from England that literally say America and mean USA.
minus-squareHugh_Jeggs@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 days agoHilarious that yous use England to mean the UK too!
minus-squareGorgritch_Umie_Killa@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-26 days agoBut what is America without US? /s
Does no one understand the difference between a country and the continent where it is?
If you say “I’m going to America” pretty much everyone on the planet knows you mean “I’m going to the United States of America”. No one cares if someone uses the short hand of “I’m going to America”.
Debatable: if someone says that, pretty much everyone would think that such person is from US.
I’ve spoken to people from England that literally say America and mean USA.
Hilarious that yous use England to mean the UK too!
But what is America without US? /s
A better place