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)
That is how a truly American talks!
Thanks for explaining!
"Staten Of America"
God bless my Statens American people!
As a Staten of America, it is so ridiculous to see outsiders say the word "statians", that shows how bad they are at developing the English language.
Statians?, what a waste of brainers.
As a Staten native, and to all my Statens fellows out there, do not listen to those stupid people in their miserable realities.
Forever "Staten"!
"Staten Of America"!
Western Hemisphere named America, later they became Americans, they created States in America.
They became a country called:
The United States Of America.
Where is America coming from?
It is too american for you to understand.
Remain stupid, there is nothing else you could do and that's totally fine.
The Pan-American Road crossing through America.
You are still stupid.
again, crossing through America.
If I would say "crossing throughout America", that meaning is extended but because you are stupid and your brain has limited English language capabilities I do not blame you.
Through America = in America
Throughout America = is a wider concept.
But, you still remain stupid.
through or throughout, whatever it is, nothing changes that the Pan American Highway is a system or roads which run all through and throughout the continent of America. You can not make this up it is reality.
People in the United States have been conditioned to parroting what they are saying right on this forum. They can't comprehend that there is more history than the one they have been told by their masters before the U.S. became a nation but somehow their brains are not ready to take that much load. They go crazy with questions like, "Where did the U.S. get the name "Of America" from? Since they are deniers of a continent named America, they are lost in confusion land..lol
God bless America, my beautiful continent! and God bless the United Statians too!
Excuse me Peter. Do you and I know each other from somewhere else?
Unfortunately not, Rory.
Didn’t think so.
PS. Your country’s the anus of South America.
The anus? Probably, if you refer to the point 0 in America or Earth's Equator and prime meridian line of the globe.
"America" is already "United States".
You. Still stupid.
There are three Americas: America(The United States of), North America and South America.
US is in North America
I’m replying to mikejunior211 … I can agree that there are 3 Americas but the way you said it is WRONG.
It’s either like this … North America, South America and United States of America!
Or like this … America (North), America (South) and America (United States of)!
Overall though, America and American will never be USA’s Nationality. Period!
and God also bless Canada and Paraguay too, and Mexico, Bolivia, etc.
"and may also god bless United Statians"?, since you already said "America","Your beautiful Continent" are not they already included by saying "America?.
You. Still stupid.
Of course... Canada, Paraguay, Mexico and Bolivia are also in America. :)
Well said! Arriba mi Club América.
Let's make America greater!
jajajaj no seas
That’s right yanks. Do hit and run sexual harassment against me. As if your country hasn’t been having a one way conversation with the rest of the English speaking world since the birth of radio and TV.
Yes. I love you. And I know you love me. *pukes*
The only voice you yanks ever hear is your own. No wonder your country is an incubator for the ridiculous politicians you guys have had over the last twenty years. No yank has ever been told off the way they could be told off.
And might I also add, an incubator of ridiculous ideas, and arrogant delusions.
Bro, why you keep running away from me? Lol. You can’t change the way I feel bout you. You can’t tell me I’m wrong.
Get off my property man! I’m warning you!
Ahhhhh! Poor Yankeestan has been mistreated again by a world organization, just like back in 2003 by those UN weapons inspectors in Iraq.
Time to kick some ***** right?
Pay for your own World Health Organization world! USA! USA!
The most cheated country on earth now has the right to invade your privacy, invade your country, flood every online discussion forum with hate speech, and most importantly, close its borders to everyone and everything.
An international organization has wronged the USA again! Let’s all get on our hands and knees, and kiss Uncle Sam’s ***** again!
The Pan-American Road was going through America, that's how I knew it was in America.
Where el is that Pan-American Road?
Nowhere else other than America, thus.
Why are people still stupid?
It is a natural thing of humans being.
They are all stupid.
that road was going through America.
Who cares that you understand otherwise?
It is still going through America, the only America that everybody knows.
If that road didn't go through America, then it is not in America.
Throughout the whole continent of America!
Throughout America, what part of your brain makes you think otherwise?.
You are stupid
Puhleeeez! The USA is neither America, nor is it the leader of America!
The President couldn’t even get through a speech about his isolationist policy towards the WHO this morning without attacking the WTO!
Did he have his NORTH AMERICAN trade partners in mind when he attacked them?
The rest of the hemisphere should start calling the USA the Socialist Republic of Yankeestan.
Yanks have been ranting and raving online for two decades now about their desires to close their borders and build a wall around their country.
They don’t wanna be part of this hemisphere.
We should start calling them the Exceptional States of Yankeestan since they think they’re the “most cheated country in history!”
Anytime someone says America, unfortunately, there's just one America.
That you understand otherwise is your stupid problem.
But, you remain stupid.
they don't care that you are confused about America.
They know that they are America and that's why they are Americans.
Did you even read what I wrote?
I said WE, meaning the rest of the hemisphere, should start calling them the Exceptional States of Yankeestan!
Why don’t you go praise Trump on Twitter or something. My messages here were addressed to non-yanks.
America went to the moon in the 1960s.
Who went to the moon?, Yes, America did.
as of today, Mexico will not pay for that border wall in America, or with America, for America, thus.
Some people came to the new world, the greatest western hemisphere that was named America.
They became Americans and that wall that you are not paying for would be "The Greatest Wall Of America"
It is maybe too american for you.
Good. Why don’t you relocate your country there, and let the rest of the hemisphere have its name back?
Nope the United States was the one!