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mpontillo
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GitHub, fuck your name change
In my experience, a lot of people from the United States tend to conflate "America" and the "United States of America". It's a pet peeve of mine, so I sometimes correct them. But usually people just get annoyed with me. ;-)
cacarr
on March 18, 2021
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People from the USA often use "the Americas" in place of the sense of "America" that refers to both North America and South America.
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