Time@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 4 months agoDo you like America? Why or why not?message-squaremessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareDo you like America? Why or why not?Time@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 4 months agomessage-square68fedilink
minus-squareOutsiderInside@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoDoes no one understand the difference between a country and the continent where it is?
minus-squareGorgritch_Umie_Killa@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-24 months agoBut what is America without US? /s
minus-squareandrewta@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoIf you say “I’m going to America” pretty much everyone on the planet knows you mean “I’m going to the United States of America”. No one cares if someone uses the short hand of “I’m going to America”.
minus-squareOutsiderInside@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-24 months agoDebatable: if someone says that, pretty much everyone would think that such person is from US.
minus-squareandrewta@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoI’ve spoken to people from England that literally say America and mean USA.
minus-squareHugh_Jeggs@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoHilarious that yous use England to mean the UK too!
Does no one understand the difference between a country and the continent where it is?
But what is America without US? /s
A better place
If you say “I’m going to America” pretty much everyone on the planet knows you mean “I’m going to the United States of America”. No one cares if someone uses the short hand of “I’m going to America”.
Debatable: if someone says that, pretty much everyone would think that such person is from US.
I’ve spoken to people from England that literally say America and mean USA.
Hilarious that yous use England to mean the UK too!