USA is not America

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?

America

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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Ibrahim(Canada)says...

Rosalie Maggio (United States) says...

Jesse Ventura, governor of Minnesota, US: "My fellow United Statians... I like to refer to us as United Statians. We always use the term Americans, but when you think about it there's North America, South America, Central America -I've always referred to myself as a United Statian" (interview by Misheharu Dawkins and Jonathan Miller in The Minneapolis Observer).

2 years ago

David(United States)says...

Wow. Someone wrote that two years ago. That’s a greatest hit in your eyes?

The Real and True American(Canada)says...

It is especially stupid to see 1 or more downvotes for your comment being as that original comment made by Rosalie Maggio (United States) from 2 years ago did not have any downvotes for writing that.

So how can the same message have 4 downvotes as of now, when of course you/Ibrahim have/has only sent a copy of Rosalie Maggio‘s message? It makes no sense!

Therefore Ibrahim really has 10 upvotes and 0 DOWNVOTES! It is not at all 4 downvotes as it currently shows, which is going to remain stupidly shown.

Also, Any repeat of that original comment - written by Rosalie Maggio - WILL REMAIN AT 0 DOWNVOTES! Therefore, Any higher number above 0 that is given for “Thumbs Down” ARE “an error”, “invalid or false numbers”, “misleading” and “mistakes” TO BE SHOWN for Dislikes/Disagreements. That’s 1+ for 👎.

Ibrahim(Canada)says...

Americans vs. US people

https://youtu.be/4AIHVYpUc0E

David(United States)says...

Davidsays...

And the US is very commonly called America. By many, many millions of people. Who speak many different languages. Scoreboard!

11th September 2019 7:01pm

Davidsays...

And by many Spanish speakers. Especially in Spain. Because, you know, Spanish is an inherently logical language.

11th September 2019 7:21pm

Saris Maria(United States)says...

Spain?? Not according to the Real Academia Espanola and you yourself quoted it in here: "El diccionario de la Real Academia Española recientemente ha modificado la definición de América y americano, probando que en la actualidad estas palabras son generalmente usadas en referencia a los Estados Unidos y desaconsejando el uso con este inapropiado significado." According to what it says, hte Real Academia Espanola it discourages people to use America to call the U.S. as it says it is an inappropriate meaning of the name.

16th September 2019 2:28pm

David(United States)says...

I said some Spanish speakers, especially in Spain, called the US ‘América’. You then falsely claimed that the quote I provided disproved this. “Spain?? Not according to the Real Academia Espanola…”. What the hell are you talking about? Your reading comprehension isn’t just terrible in English, it’s also terrible in your native language. What’s wrong with you?

“…probando que en la actualidad estas palabras son generalmente usadas en referencia a los Estados Unidos…”. You are so stupid that you think the RAE advising against using the words this way means that some Spaniards don’t use the words this way. The quote clearly says the words are used this way. The RAE advises against it because it occurs. If it didn’t occur, they wouldn’t advise against it. If I had claimed that the RAE recommended that usage, then this quote would prove me wrong. I didn’t claim that, so it doesn’t prove me wrong. It clearly proves my statement to be correct. How can you not understand this simple fact?

Its me again(United States)says...

And using your same rhetoric, you are missing a small screw up there thinking you score points with what you just alleged. If you have been paying attention, this website and others like me, have been here to discuss the erroneous usage of the name America and the many people who have been brainwashed with that all over the world.

The usage is erroneously spreading around the world otherwise there would be no issue and this forum would not exist. Got it?

David(United States)says...

What you just wrote has nothing to do with you being wrong by thinking that the RAE advising against it meant that it didn’t happen.

“Spain?? Not according to the Real Academia Espanola and you yourself quoted it in here…”.

You were totally wrong when you wrote this. Dodging the issue by writing about unrelated things doesn’t change the fact that you were 100% wrong. Nice try.

David(United States)says...

América. 1. Debe evitarse la identificación del nombre de este continente con los Estados Unidos de América (→ Estados Unidos, 4), uso abusivo que se da sobre todo en España.

http://lema.rae.es/dpd/srv/search?id=hBnnxR9MOD6YmtLAqN

This also proves that some Spaniards call the US ‘América’. Again, the fact that they recommend against it proves that some people do it, not that they don’t, you dimwit.

David(United States)says...

Spain?? Yes. Spain.

“…que se da sobre todo en España.”

David(United States)says...

Part of the reason why you misunderstand me is because English isn’t your native language. The main reason you misunderstand is because you’re stupid. Your bias also plays a large role.

Its me again(United States)says...

David it was not only me but others who noticed your insulting approach on this forum take this guy/gal: "Roda(United States)says...

No es por nada pero a este autor le falta informacion sobre la historia. Los Espanoles SI llamaban al nuevo mundo por el nombre de America, talvez si acerto que pueda haber sido un siglo despues, pero lo hicieron. Y David, no es confortable tener que lidiar con una persona un poco insultona. Que bueno seria que bajaras un poco el estilo a criticar a otros y te dedicarias a realmente a discutir/platicar seriamente los diferentes puntos de vistas entre gente culta. Gracias."

David(United States)says...

You only noticed it because it’s glaringly obvious. You won’t understand anything that requires more than a few of your brain cells to be firing properly.

Your misrepresentations, stupidity, and dishonesty are insulting.

David(United States)says...

“If we have to follow the Waldseemüller map, then you are wrong to use the name ‘America’ for the Americas. The Waldseemüller map names North America as ‘Parias’ and South America as ‘America’. So, since we have to follow Waldseemüller, it is INCORRECT to use the name ‘America’ for all of the Americas. ‘America’ is only the name for South America. THE AMERICAS ARE NOT AMERICA!!!!! WE MUST FOLLOW THE WALDSEEMÜLLER MAP!!!!”

You think I am being serious here? Really? I shouldn’t be surprised since you’re dumber than dirt. Notice how I state correctly the facts about America and Parias.

You really think I only call SA ‘America’? You really think I don’t sometimes call the US ‘America’? You idiot. You quibble about this stuff because you cannot prove me wrong and you resent all the times I have proved you wrong. Pathetic payasa.

David(United States)says...

Why can’t you produce an example of anything I have written that is inaccurate? It’s very revealing that the only “example” you can produce is when I was joking. I only made that joke once, or maybe a few times at most. All my many, many statements before and after stated the facts that ‘America’ originally referred to SA, then all of the Americas, and then the US. The only reason you harp on this instance is because it’s the only way you can “prove” me wrong.

Congratulations! You proved my joking statement to be inaccurate. Well done! Enjoy your triumph. Such BS victories are the only ones you are capable of.

Its me again(United States)says...

Ah, so now you were joking! How many more times you were just joking with your statements? Should we take them all with a grain of salt? Also, your continued position on two continents and the name of the continent you and many were taught to be "The Americas" puts you in the position that you really don't accept that the continent, one and only one, is named America. As soon as you support the two continent idea you loose the argument that you believe that the continent is one and that its name is America. David it is either one or the other. Yes we know that people mistakenly think of two continent in The Americas, but this same thought is the one that cancels out what we are here discussing and that is that America is still a continent.

David(United States)says...

You moron. I consider the Americas to be two continents because that is the convention I was taught at school. I also accept that people see it as one continent and, unlike you, I have absolutely no problem with the fact that other people follow this different convention. It isn’t incorrect. It’s just different. None of the various naming conventions for the continents are incorrect.

I also accept the fact that it was common in English in the past to refer to all of the Americas as ‘America’. It is a fact that ‘America’ nowadays almost always refers to the USA in English.

Why can’t you understand that I am just accepting that different people use different naming conventions, and that these conventions change over time? I am not saying that they are wrong. The only thing that is wrong is when people like you falsely claim that anything that is different from your preferences is “incorrect”.

Its me again(United States)says...

David going back to the time you were into that joke I have some quotes of yours that might give us a different view: "Davidsays...

It can only be seen in different ways if you are being dishonest, which is what you are. The quotes clearly show that Parias and America were considered separate lands. So Parias isn’t America. So America isn’t all of the New World. So when you call all of the Americas ‘America’, you are not using the original meaning of the word. Stop lying.

3 years ago05

Davidsays...

He specifically says that Parias is not part of America. Only a liar or a very stupid person would claim that “one can see it in many different ways.”

3 years ago" Ah, and also your insults are noticeable too

David(United States)says...

Yes, even you have the mental capacity to notice those insults.

I was making those statements in reference to what the creators of the 1507 map thought of Parias and America. They considered them to be two separate lands, not one continent. This is a fact.

Do you really not understand that I can make factual statements about what other people thought, even when I think differently, and even when they might not be correct about everything? If someone tells me the Earth is only 1000 years old, and I report what they said, my reporting of what they said doesn’t mean that I agree with them. The fact that Waldseemüller, Ringmann, and Schöner called North America ‘Parias’, and that I have stated this fact, doesn’t mean that I have to call it that.

Are you really so stupid that you don’t understand this? You really think that because I mention many different naming conventions and conceptions of continents, that I must use all these different names myself? Your idiocy deserves insults.

David(United States)says...

“The way America got its name does not in any way give the U.S. the chance to steal its name.”

Haven’t you always been claiming that the US stole the name? Doesn’t that mean that we not only got the chance, but we succeeded? Nothing you write makes any sense.

David(United States)says...

You just provided examples of me stating the facts about ’America’ and ‘Parias’ on the 1507 map.

Your memory is amazingly terrible. That’s one of the many reasons why your “arguments” are so ridiculously awful. We had this exact same exchange years ago. You were in disbelief when I said that I had always stated that ‘America’ referred to the continent(s) before it referred to the US. This was after we had argued for months about Parias. In that argument I stated many, many times that ‘America’ originally referred to SA. WHICH IS A CONTINENT AND NOT THE USA!!! So even after arguing this point for months, and many other points that perfectly illustrated that I knew that ‘America’ referred to the continent(s) before it referred to the USA, you still believed or pretended that I was claiming that ‘America’ originally referred to the US. What is wrong with you?

Its me again(United States)says...

Oh, so that was you? So you had that position before you changed to another position. You keep changing your position on the subject and telling that it is our fault that we don't see that you have always thought one way and that old exchange was about you trying to say that originally America was not to name the continent but a part of S.A. Just by having written this about Parias and S.A. you were showing you had a different position then. The way America got its name does not in any way give the U.S. the chance to steal its name. If they wrote the name on a map where S.A. is now, does not change that the entire continent's name is America.

David(United States)says...

You will always be dumber than dirt. How have I been inconsistent? Please try your best to clearly explain your so-called point.

Its me again(United States)says...

When one is loosing an argument, the best way to attack is by insulting. Those who claim to be of higher IQ need to have patience with the rest humble minds.

David(United States)says...

How am I losing? Why don’t you ever provide any proof?

David(United States)says...

And then there was the time you claimed that nobody in Spain calls the USA ‘América’. This was after I posted a link to a quote from the RAE saying that some people in Spain DO call the USA ‘América’.

Remember? Spain??

Its me again(United States)says...

You really twist meanings don't you? I said I was just in Spain and talked with people and they thought the continent was America! This was my experience and was explaining it to the group. Did I see all Spaniards? Everyone in Spain? From Spain? NO so you took the words and twisted it. Or if you can prove that I said that nobody in Spain calls the USA America show it to me!



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