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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I don't really know when the English began calling America as "The Americas" but I believe it was closer to our times than to the naming of America in 1507. Some have said it was probably after a world war being the first or the second, I don't remember which one, but this is the issue that I have been talking about here for the past years that America is the entire continent encompassing the continuous landmass and its islands of the new world. Some people believe this continent is not one but two continents. When and how did the one continent of America started to be two?
We use media to confuse the masses. Formerly printed and on TV. Now digitally. ;)
Beacause it served as a geopolitical domination of the Western Hemisphere and the fact that the US
By the 1950s, however, virtually all American geographers had come to insist that the visually distinct landmasses of North and South America deserved separate designations. This was also the period when Antarctica was added to the list, despite its lack of human inhabitants, and when Oceania as a "great division" was replaced by Australia as a continent along with a series of isolated and continentally attached islands. The resulting seven-continent system quickly gained acceptance throughout the United States.
It cannot be coincidental that this idea served American geopolitical designs at the time, which sought both Western Hemispheric domination and disengagement from the "Old World" continents of Europe, Asia, and Africa.
From: Lewis, M., & Wigen, K. (1997). The Myth of Continents: A Critique of Metageography.
"By the 1950s, however, virtually all American geographers had come to insist that the visually distinct landmasses of North and South America deserved separate designations"
But I have a problem with this. How did these geographer come to the conclusion that visually they are distinct landmasses? Are they talking about when they excavated to make way for the Panama Canal? If that is what they are talking about then they are relying on something man made and made by them. I bet you the bottom is still connected to the continuous landmass of the continent of America so it is still the same continent except that as the USA likes to use optics, maybe it might seem a different continent. So, is Panama divided into the two continents according to the USA? I don't buy that idea that Panama is broken as if it is located in two separate continents. For me their logic is questionable.
And you, Craig Lungren, are contradicting yourself. You are saying that what you are saying is true and real, but at the same time you are saying that it is your opinion.
And what is an opinion?
Definition: An opinion is a judgement, viewpoint, or statement that is not conclusive, rather than facts, which are true statements.
An opinion is a belief or attitude about something that isn't necessarily based on facts.
Opinions are based on assumptions that cannot be proven and reflect somebody's views, beliefs, personal perspectives, or values.
If you are saying that are your opinion then it is not a fact.
And what is a fact?
Definition: Facts are statements that are true and can be verified objectively or proven. In other words, a fact is true and correct no matter what.
Thanks for the reminder "Andy", "Andrea" or "Andy or Andrea"!
Opinion simply means "something that only sounds/looks true to me in my view but to the rest of the world not so much."
Not unless someone else has the same opinion as me, then I’m not the only one who thinks one way! Talk soon!
You literally made up that concept of "Caribbean America".
Lol, and I am okay with that opinion of yours!
You can keep on driving me crazy all you like but I am mostly trying to avoid calling you names (bad or not).
: )
"I would like to know your opinion (NOT Andy or Andrea’s opinion or anyone else’s) …"
I am not stating opinions, I am stating facts. You like it or not.
And Mrs. Anonymous, being one of the most intelligent person in this website, I hope she supports me beacuse she knows that I am right, becuase it is not my opinion it is a fact. A fact that everyone knows.
And you trying to gatekeep "English" even more stupid considering that many countries in the Antilles and Belice speak English. And they know more English than your for sure.
No, you are WRONG. You just keep on making it up!
Literally showed you the facts and the organizations that Latin American and Caribbean countries agree on. And you are telling me that I am makin it up. See how stupid, obnoxious, stubborn and annoying you are.
I am NOT stupid, NOT obnoxious, NOT stubborn and NOT annoying.
You are all of that!
North Pacific Ocean is not a region, it is not defined by culture, history, politics. Neither is the Caspian Sea, Baltic Sea, Medeterranean sea nor Caribbean Sea. However the Baltics, the Caribbean, the Caribbean are regions that compromises the islands that are in it, and the countries that have coast with it. You don't say Baltic Europe given that Estonia, Latvia, Sweden, Finland are in North Europe.
Stop being ignorant.
I am NOT so ignorant. You are. You don’t even realize who you are anymore!
What are you talking about, not even in English the concept of "Caribben America" exist. Keep believing that you know more English than me. Your are making competition to David of being the most irrational person on this website, USA is NOT America (Canada) better say... Craig Lungren.
Lol, and “Andy or Andrea” is I better say “Andy” and “Andrea” in whom I find as much annoying as … Annoying David ever!!! :D
If you don't know Andy is the diminutive version of Andrew, Andrea, André, etc. See how ignorant you are. I put Andy or Andrea because people can call me in both ways.
Well, blah, blah, blah. I won’t believe in what you are saying!
You can keep whining and deluding yourself. Believing in something that simply doesn't exist in any language. You can keep being frustrated in the fact tha "Caribbean America" is something that doesn't exist.
I am NOT whining and deluding myself. Believing in something that I think makes sense (based on logic) simply does NOT have to be written in Wikipedia or be thought of as false information.
I understand that a name like “Caribbean America” isn’t really named that way in any language whenever referring to the Antilles (according to people like you).
I can keep on being frustrated about the fact … that you don’t seem to realize that the only truth I am giving is MY OPINION. Period! :D
Yes, the opinion is yours and is not real, that is why I told you to continue to delude yourself. It doesn't exist, it doesn't have bases in geography. Then keep your opinion for yourself and stop givig not real information. You can even say 2+2=5, however it is not going to be any true. So shut up and don't give your opinion, we are moving in this website with facts and things that are truthfully established.
I am NOT shutting up because I can give out my opinion on this site and you are NOT always right in everything! You seem to like being ignorant a lot!
USA is NOT America(Canada)
I don't know if you know this, but if you have a claim, then it must has something to support it.
If you don't have anything to support your claim or argument, then your information is not real or it is false.
I don’t need anything to support my claim or argument. It is forever real and isn’t false.
If you want to keep on writing false information like that and keep on making it up, then you obviously forgot how logic works. You are not believing in logic anymore because you choose to say “there is no such thing as logic because it does not exist”.
Yes, you need to support your claim. Because in reality it is non-exsiten. But is more than clearly that there isn't a single person, article, book, glossary, encyclopedia, etc., that uses a concept called "Caribbean America". It simply doesn't exist, that is why you can find information on it.
Logic has nothing to do with your false claims and arguments that aren't supported by nothing. I am not writing false information because I literally showed you sources like Wikipedia that include other sources and I also showed. It doesn't exist because it isn't a thing and doesn't need to be.
Show just one source that support you made up idiotic concept of "Caribbean America".
You are wrong. It simply DOES exist, information has nothing to do with it.
I am NOT making up false claims and arguments. It has NOTHING to do with support. You were writing false information because Logic is NOT based on sources like Wikipedia. It DOES exist because I explained it in an example to you.
I don’t make it up, it’s not idiotic and NOTHING like "Caribbean America" is based on a concept.
Caribbean America doesn't exist. Period.
Caribbean America DOES EXIST, period!
Caribbean come from Caribe that comes from the indigenous group of Carib. The Caribs in continental America are called Kalina and the Caribs from the islands are called Kalinago. In fact the mainland Caribs speak a language called Carib and are found in Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana and Suriname.
It is ingornant to think that Caribbean is just only the islands. And againg, something called "Caribbean America" doesn't exist in any geography textbook, article or glossary.
Anything like "Caribbean America" does NOT have to exist in any geography textbook, article or glossary just to be true. See you soon!
What??? Are you serious??? It does have to exist.
Caribbean America America doesn't exist, in none of the languages you are going to find information of a concept called "Caribbean America". Cite me just one source in any language of a concept called "Caribbean America". It just doesn't exist.
There is the Caribbean Sea and in it and its surroundings forms a region called the Caribbean, which includes the countries that have coast with the Sea and the island that are in there.
Antilles or Insular (Central) America are the islands, which are divided in Greater Antilles and Lesser Antilles.
This is not something that you just make up. Stop making up false information.
Caribbean America DOES exist! I don't have to find any information of a concept called "Caribbean America"! The way that I explained Caribbean America DOES make sense. It has to do with the islands located within the CARIBBEAN Sea and the continent AMERICA! No source in any language has anything to do with it. It forever DOES exist.
The mainland countries that have a coast with the Sea are NOT counted because they are already a part of a different region. The island countries ARE the only countries that count in the sea and form the Caribbean region.
I don't care what countries are a part of the Greater Antilles and Lesser Antilles.
I am NOT making up false information. I know how to speak Real English compared to you and yet I am NOT agreeing to your ridiculous 2 divisions of Central America! It is cool if Latin America was taught those 2 central divisions but Caribbean America is real just as Central America is and they are their very own divisions. Period!
Caribbean America doesn't exist, that is the fact. Period. Nothing to argue agains as you said tha you don't have any information. That means, you are making it up.
And the division of Central America in fact is like that and is used by the CARICOM, PARLACEN, PARLATINO, CEPAL, SICA, ACS and many others.
I also know real English as you can see.
Caribbean America DOES exist, that is the fact. PERIOD. Just because I don’t have any information, it does NOT mean I am making it up.
And I don’t care that the division of Central America is in fact like that and is used by the CARICOM, PARLACEN, PARLATINO, CEPAL, SICA, ACS and many others.
You obviously don’t know real English as much as me because I think about realistic logic as I can see!