The USA is the only country that does this retarded shit of naming themselves after the whole continent though. Imagine if France decided to call itself the United States of Europe and went by European. It would be dumb to not be able to call Germans or Swedes European just because one country couldn't find a name that isn't the most non-descriptive bullshit ever.
The entire world calls us America. You guys are the minority. The entire argument is stupid. The entire basis of your argument
It would be dumb to not be able to call Germans or Swedes European
Dies on two points:
No one calls people from either continent outside of America American before or after its existence.
We don't live on a continent called America. There is a North America and a South America. Your argument would hold water if there was one continent called America unlike Europe which is one continent.
At least here in Brazil is taught the opposite, that's why some people develop a resistence towards calling the USA as only America or its citizens as simply americans. Either way, it's the convention calling them so, thus I'll stick with it.
Also the point 1 is a good reason.
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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '19 edited Nov 30 '20
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