I dont know what they intended, but America is not the same as the United States. Even though many people from the US use both interchangable, which doesnt make any sense.
No, it doesn’t make sense because America is a continent. And when you call people from the USA ‘Americans’ it’s really confusing because everyone in the American country is American. In fact, this is a form of USA-centrism. In Spanish, we do not call them ‘Americans’ but rather ‘estadounidenses’ or ‘yanquis’ or ‘gringos’ (those two are despective), or even ‘norteamericanos’ (which also actually includes Canada).
A lot of socialists in Latin America really don’t like the usurpation of “America” to only to mean the US, so just saying US when you mean that is more clear.
I dont know what they intended, but America is not the same as the United States. Even though many people from the US use both interchangable, which doesnt make any sense.
right, updated the title
Thanks!
It makes sense because the full name is “The United States of America” so people drop the “The United States” part and just say “America”.
No, it doesn’t make sense because America is a continent. And when you call people from the USA ‘Americans’ it’s really confusing because everyone in the American country is American. In fact, this is a form of USA-centrism. In Spanish, we do not call them ‘Americans’ but rather ‘estadounidenses’ or ‘yanquis’ or ‘gringos’ (those two are despective), or even ‘norteamericanos’ (which also actually includes Canada).
I’m not saying it’s correct, I was just illustrating that there is a logic to it. So it can still make sense, even if it’s not the correct usage.
A lot of socialists in Latin America really don’t like the usurpation of “America” to only to mean the US, so just saying US when you mean that is more clear.