i have this running bet with my friend...

everytime I refer to the US as "America" he corrects me and says America is a contentinent which includes North and South America. I tell him he's wrong, that's Americas.

and that "America" is what people refer to as the US.

so who's right/wrong

10/19/2007 6:10:39 PM

since we're the best country in the "americas" we can call ourselves americans

and also united statesman sounds stupid

10/19/2007 6:11:55 PM

can yall both be wrong?

10/19/2007 6:12:01 PM

consult my penis... i find he is always right

10/19/2007 6:12:08 PM

The US of what?




















AMERICA! MOTHER FUCKER!

10/19/2007 6:12:09 PM

When a person says they are American, no one assumes they are anything other than a USAer.

10/19/2007 6:17:26 PM

so basically what i am saying is can we say "we live in america" or he/she is from "america"
b/c he is saying that is incorrect.....b/c america is a continent

or do i need to say the "United states of America"

10/19/2007 6:19:16 PM

oh and give me proof to prove him wrong too

10/19/2007 6:20:31 PM

I don't understand your question....give us an example of a statement that you feel is correct, and one that he feels is correct.

10/19/2007 6:21:43 PM

i thought i just did ^^

10/19/2007 6:22:33 PM

sorta like gb or uk but not

10/19/2007 6:22:51 PM

He thinks it's US and feels that its incorrect to say america.

[Edited on October 19, 2007 at 6:23 PM. Reason : .]

10/19/2007 6:23:11 PM

US citizens are arrogant to think that America only refers to this country. "America" (actually I think it was Americanus) was the name given to the "New World" centuries ago, which would encompass both North and South America.

That said, in the US "America" is generally interpreted as referring to this country. I agree that technically we shouldn't refer to this country as America and a distinction should be (but isn't) made between "America" and "The United States (of America)".

I am an American, but so are Hugo Cháves and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. I reefer to US citizens as exactly that: US citizens.

10/19/2007 6:23:55 PM

me: "Ask her to come visit America".
him: "No, You mean the United States of America. America itself is a continent that consists of North and South."
me: "Whatever you anal bastard".

10/19/2007 6:24:32 PM

does he call people from the PRC Chinese?

10/19/2007 6:25:29 PM

^^ best explanation so far...

yeah I'm not debating what we call ourselves, i.e. "the people that live here". I am debating "the location".

I agree that Americas refers to the continent, North and South. But I always thought "America" = "US"

[Edited on October 19, 2007 at 6:27 PM. Reason : k]

10/19/2007 6:25:44 PM

He's probably just some mexican/canadian that's all gung ho about that "North American Union" bs.

10/19/2007 6:26:53 PM

^ ha...actually he's chinese, but grew up in Colombia and speaks Spanish, and lived the latter half of his life in Canada. I had also attributed his analness to this.

10/19/2007 6:28:29 PM

Quote :

"does he call people from the PRC Chinese?"

The stalemate of the last Chinese Civil War has resulted in two political states using the name China: the People's Republic of China (PRC), commonly known as "China," which controls mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau; and the Republic of China (ROC), commonly known as "Taiwan," which controls the island of Taiwan and its surrounding islands.

The PRC is China. The PRC/ROC deal is a political thing, not really geographical.

10/19/2007 6:30:23 PM

Quote :

"him: "No, You mean the United States of America. America itself is a continent "

He sounds like the ultra-competitive prick type.

10/19/2007 6:30:38 PM

ok, I missed that somehow.

Yes, we can say we live in America and it is assumed we're talking about the USA. A person who lives in Canada doesn't say they're American. A person in Mexico might, say it, but we all know why that is

10/19/2007 6:31:03 PM

Quote :

"A person in Mexico might, say it, but we all know why that is"

10/19/2007 6:31:54 PM

10/19/2007 6:32:56 PM

Quote :

"He sounds like the ultra-competitive prick type."

right on...he comes over asking me to make gourmet coffee and if i have any floss.
while he doesn't even have a coffee maker himself. i tell him i ain't no starbucks or wally world.

10/19/2007 6:33:18 PM

Because they're lazy?
















Nah, I'm not really that racist

10/19/2007 6:33:24 PM

yeah i mean if he's your significant other you need to ditch the loser and get with a user

10/19/2007 6:33:46 PM

drop the zero and get you a hero

10/19/2007 6:34:19 PM

well i'm not gay so

10/19/2007 6:34:35 PM

Quote :

"^ ha...actually he's chinese, but grew up in Colombia and speaks Spanish, and lived the latter half of his life in Canada. I had also attributed his analness to this."

I think his point is that as far as the rest of the world is concerned America refers to... North, South, Central America or some combination. It was originally intended to refer to the whole collection. Distinctions were made later on and each region retained America as part of its name, but by itself America is the name that was given to the whole thing.

10/19/2007 6:35:19 PM

^ you could be his new best friend

10/19/2007 6:36:21 PM

So Eddie must have been confused too when he got here.

10/19/2007 6:37:07 PM

america is to america as kelvin is to kelvin; america is a unit of america. i am an american, not united statesman...

[Edited on October 19, 2007 at 6:37 PM. Reason : g]

10/19/2007 6:37:09 PM

Quote :

"as far as the rest of the world is concerned America refers to... North, South, Central America or some combination."

I don't know about that either.

10/19/2007 6:37:19 PM

sounds like your friend is moderately intelligent...but only moderately

and is very insecure about the fact

10/19/2007 6:37:46 PM

You are a United States citizen.

10/19/2007 6:38:11 PM

he's very stubborn and always thinks he's right...and things have to be his way...it's almost amusing.

10/19/2007 6:38:54 PM

a chinese is a chinese citizen, lol

10/19/2007 6:39:08 PM

Quote :

"sounds like your friend is moderately intelligent...but only moderately and is very insecure about the fact "

And

Quote :

"ditch the loser and get with a user "

lawl

[Edited on October 19, 2007 at 6:40 PM. Reason : .]

10/19/2007 6:39:09 PM

there are also people from taiwan who gets insulted if you call them "chinese", you must call them "taiwanese"...and yes it's a political thing...but to me....they are all chinese

10/19/2007 6:41:24 PM

we are the united states of america, america as in the unit america of the continent america.

10/19/2007 6:41:42 PM

so who can tell me the TWO, yes TWO things that I have in common with Eddie's movie pictured above?

10/19/2007 6:43:42 PM

I'm just playing the devil's advocate.

^ you're rich and black?

[Edited on October 19, 2007 at 6:45 PM. Reason : ]

10/19/2007 6:44:29 PM

^^you are a whore in hd?

[Edited on October 19, 2007 at 6:44 PM. Reason : sdfg]

10/19/2007 6:44:41 PM

You both act like you're royalty?

10/19/2007 6:45:15 PM

^^nope...I mean I'm a whore and all, but not in HD

^well, I KNOW, but that too is not what I'm talking about

[Edited on October 19, 2007 at 6:45 PM. Reason : ]

10/19/2007 6:45:22 PM

[Edited on October 19, 2007 at 6:46 PM. Reason : k]

10/19/2007 6:45:44 PM

i know one, at least

you were born outside the US.

you're African (South African).

10/19/2007 6:46:03 PM

^ding ding.....that's one. We're both African

10/19/2007 6:46:51 PM

you moved to america?

10/19/2007 6:47:21 PM

you came to NY first?

10/19/2007 6:47:23 PM