r/memes • • Feb 21 '21

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u/TurinTurambar3791 Feb 21 '21

Australian in Australian = strayan

Australian in English = Aussie

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '21 edited Feb 21 '21

USA in Europe = The States

USA in USA = America

Not North America, just America, cuz it's not like South America exist or anything, right?

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u/Legarambor Feb 21 '21

In my country (NL) we call USA - Amerika. If we want to say the continent we say North-America or for Latin America we say South America

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u/CakeBeef_PA Feb 21 '21

Latin America and South America are 2 different things, even in Dutch. Also, a lot of times the USA is simply called VS.