Possibly linux@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 hours agoAmericans rarely refer to the US as Americamessage-squaremessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up158arrow-down115file-text
arrow-up143arrow-down1message-squareAmericans rarely refer to the US as AmericaPossibly linux@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 hours agomessage-square71fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareouimaisnon@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up9·17 hours 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.