Possibly linux@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 hours agoAmericans rarely refer to the US as Americamessage-squaremessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up139arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up128arrow-down1message-squareAmericans rarely refer to the US as AmericaPossibly linux@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 hours agomessage-square39fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareouimaisnon@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoI heard in a podcast recently that many people in the US still believed Africa was a country, and I couldn’t help but wonder if this is somehow related to their using the name of their continent to designate their own country.
I heard in a podcast recently that many people in the US still believed Africa was a country, and I couldn’t help but wonder if this is somehow related to their using the name of their continent to designate their own country.