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JanMichael Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-04-06 10:36 AM
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25. "America" is TWO Continents. Sheesh. North and SOUTH.
And Mexico is in, what Continent? NORTH America along with Canada and the USA.

Oy vey!
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  -America is a Continent SHRED  Feb-04-06 12:37 AM   #0 
  - "Why can't South Americans call themselves Americans?"  leftstreet   Feb-04-06 12:40 AM   #1 
  - you were very wise at a young age  SHRED   Feb-04-06 12:41 AM   #3 
  - They do.  Cleita   Feb-04-06 12:42 AM   #4 
  - isn't it more like, they've called themselves,  flordehinojos   Feb-04-06 04:04 AM   #15 
     - When I live in SA, they just called themselves Americanos  Cleita   Feb-04-06 12:29 PM   #26 
  - Did you get punished for being smart, too? I asked the same question  mrcheerful   Feb-04-06 12:44 AM   #5 
     - Yeah, same attitude. Schools crush the wisdom in children.  leftstreet   Feb-04-06 12:49 AM   #6 
     - Seriously?  FreedomAngel82   Feb-04-06 01:24 AM   #8 
  - Those of us who have spent time in S. America are aware of this,  loudsue   Feb-04-06 12:40 AM   #2 
  - I have found that many Canadians refer to  EST   Feb-04-06 01:23 AM   #7 
     - There isn't any European country calling itself "Europe." -nt  Commie Pinko Dirtbag   Feb-04-06 01:52 AM   #9 
  - When I was growing up we referred to ourselves as Americans.  Daphne08   Feb-04-06 02:37 AM   #10 
  - Please tell me - which wars do you speak of? How many times  neweurope   Feb-04-06 03:25 AM   #12 
     - Learn a little history. n/t  Daphne08   Feb-04-06 06:45 AM   #17 
        - I did learn quite a bit of history. Look at this:  neweurope   Feb-04-06 10:31 AM   #23 
           - As an American I believe in free speech,  Daphne08   Feb-04-06 06:05 PM   #29 
  - Actually, isn't "North America" what we call the continent?  magellan   Feb-04-06 02:42 AM   #11 
  - that was my question too!  Qanisqineq   Feb-04-06 03:31 AM   #14 
  - One of my pet peeves  proud2Blib   Feb-04-06 03:30 AM   #13 
  - "South America stole our name, let's drop the Big One and...  Poll_Blind   Feb-04-06 04:22 AM   #16 
  - I know! The Country is actually called "merika"  ComerPerro   Feb-04-06 07:00 AM   #18 
  - No. It's "Murka"  Telly Savalas   Feb-04-06 09:45 AM   #22 
  - A nation calls itself whatever it wants. America was already named when  Fla Dem   Feb-04-06 09:02 AM   #19 
  - United States of AMERICA  BushOut06   Feb-04-06 09:07 AM   #20 
  - we can call ourselves U.S. Americans  Faye   Feb-04-06 10:34 AM   #24 
  - Maybe we should call the Continent  genie_weenie   Feb-04-06 09:12 AM   #21 
  - "America" is TWO Continents. Sheesh. North and SOUTH.  JanMichael   Feb-04-06 10:36 AM   #25 
  - American is easier to say than Unitedstatsian  Odin2005   Feb-04-06 12:53 PM   #27 
  - It's both.  July   Feb-04-06 01:14 PM   #28 
 

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