Indeed, U.S.A. is not America!
America is the name of a whole continent. United States of America means that the United States belongs to America and NOT that America belongs to the United States. So, next time you want to refer to The United States of America, you can do it as U.S. or the States or whatever you want but not as only America. Gotcha?
How should I use the term America then?
Here we will show you some wrong and correct uses of the term America:
This is how we do it in America.
This is how we do it in the States.
- America is my country and I love it.
- The United States is my country and I love it.
- America lost the Vietnam war.
- U.S.A. lost the Vietnam war.
- Here in America we love Mc Donald's.
- Here in the U.S. we love Mc Donald's.
Please, note that this page in not about demonyms (gentilics) but about the way to call a country.
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Comments (1254)
Is America a country or a continent? Learn it here...
https://youtu.be/0UBoUtL8rCE
"All the Dutch are Europeans, but not all Europeans are Dutch. In the same sense, all United Statians are Americans, but not all Americans are United Statians. If you don't like the word "United Statian", invent a name for your country. But remember, it has to be a name that is not already in use".
Germán (2019, Argentina)
Hi Kris!
What you said is chosen to be one of my favorite comments! I have up to 50 favorites currently that all have to do with the words America and American! They all come from different websites while most of them may be coming from this site!
All is well with the U.S. and I love the country, but it's inhabitants must stop being so arrogant and must stop claiming the name of a whole friggin continent for their own!!!
The next member to mention the U.S.A. as being America... I'm gonna
'em!!!
The USA is America.
You are Wrong. It is only OF America.
Yep, United Statian has been in use for more than a 100 years:
https://bit.ly/3yzt1HG
And, as Ivonne mentioned below, here we can read how much confusion people have with the wrong use of American:
https://www.quora.com/topic/United-Statian
:)
It’s been around for 100 years and it’s still extremely rare. You do have a lot to celebrate. Keep showing us your skills by Googling ‘United Statian’.
Ohhh, Morgan so your are David, that David that was here 5-8 months ago!!! I regognize the "pinche payasaso". Oh David, oh David, darling do you change your gender and called yourself "Morgan". Pretty pathetic, hahahahaha. XD
WOW!! You figured it out! More proof of your supreme intelligence. Too bad your skills don’t extend to accepting obvious facts.
Hahaha, you are pretending to be a woman named Morgan because back when you were "David" everyone shut your mouth. Now your are using multiple acconunts to upvote yourself. Extremely pathetic. Don't tell me your are also Ivonne. Keep crying harder David, sorry, Morgan.
And yet you have never quoted anything that I have posted and proved it wrong. Why is that?
I knew he was a travesti!!! LGBT+ David Morgan BS
Andy, please stop being a liar. You are already a plagiarist. That is bad enough. Here are examples of Brazilians saying that ‘Americano’ is the most common term for a US citizen in Brazilian Portuguese. They aren’t liars like you are. They can be trusted. You clearly can’t be.
Generally we use Americano
We often say "Americano" rather than estado unidense
…i think the best is just Americano…
The most common term that we use is "Americano".
Americano
Americano (american)
Americano
americano is the most common name
https://hinative.com/pt-BR/questions/3016379
Darling, you already showed that bs. When Brazilians actually start calling US people as "Americano" then you can stop crying. "tHweY cWan BwE tRwusTeD wa wa wa"
WOW 310+ signs, we are doing it guys!!!
https://www.change.org/americacontinent
WOW!!! In a few days nobody will call the USA ‘America’ anymore. Great work, Andy!
That is not the purpose of the petition you moron. Only if you know how to read and comprehend.
It’s just a drop in the ocean, pinche payaso.
Check this out guys https://bit.ly/36j7rLq
I chose some words that describe both Andy and his delusions about how common United Statian is.
That site only works with books, you idiot. If you search on Google schoolar the same amount of books will appear. Not every book is in public domain. What an ignorant.
I never thought or claimed that N-gram covered every word ever written, you cretin. My point is that “United Statian” is extremely uncommon. I posted a link that demonstrated that. The word IS very uncommon, and my post clearly demonstrates that.
Andy, no matter how much you pretend, you cannot overcome your lack of intelligence, your ignorance, your pettiness, your bias, and your poor education.
Extremely uncommon for the books that are publicly available in Google Scholar. The site is called Google Books Ngram Viewer for a reason and that is tied to google scholar you moron. I don't have to pretend anything. Ngram Viewer isn't going to resolve your frustration, sorry.
Check this out guys https://www.quora.com/topic/United-Statian
Hey David, sorry Morgan! didn't you say this would not reach 100, and you only voted in favor to laugh? Do you admit you lost your own challenge?
https://www.change.org/americacontinent