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0 pointsrelaxing1y ago0 comments

There is no continent called America.

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they are talking about the americas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americas which is sometimes called america. (mostly in non english native countries i suspect)

pvitz1y ago

No, certainly the USA (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States). The author is most likely Austrian or German and it is quite common to say "Amerika" for the USA there.

em-bee1y ago

it is also equally common there to have an argument about that, just like on HN ;-)

i was referring to this btw: America" (which btw is a continent, not a country)

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em-bee1y ago

they are talking about the americas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americas which is sometimes called america. (mostly in non english native countries i suspect)

pvitz1y ago

No, certainly the USA (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States). The author is most likely Austrian or German and it is quite common to say "Amerika" for the USA there.

em-bee1y ago

it is also equally common there to have an argument about that, just like on HN ;-)

i was referring to this btw: America" (which btw is a continent, not a country)

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