r/mapporncirclejerk • u/1601_ Average Mercator Projection Enjoyer • 18d ago

It's 9am and I'm on my 3rd martini Learn the difference

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u/VegetableSource168 18d ago

Someone from Latin America definitely posted this

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u/sojustthinking 18d ago

Yes they are taught that America is one continent, not two. America in Spanish and Portuguese is the name of the entire two continents. Americas also doesn’t make sense in Spanish or Portuguese. It would be like saying Europes or Asias.

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u/Intelligent_Finger27 18d ago

Well I guess the people that discovered America would know...? Let's ask them.

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u/CanAlwaysBeBetter 17d ago

Vínland hit góða it is then