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Originally Posted by rousseau
What they really mean by "America" is the "New World," and that's a problematic concept in itself due to its Eurocentrism. See what I just did there?
Latin Americans can blather on all they want that "America is a continent," but that doesn't make it so, and we are under no obligation to change our terminology for their benefit. They sound like miserable, small-minded cranks when they hold forth on how wrong they think we are about this.
It's a meaningless, tedious argument that nobody cares about save for them. I've heard it before, and I just laugh, shrug my shoulders and change the topic. Or order another beer.
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Ha ha, that was pretty accurate and I agree completely.
Still - and this is anecdotal - but I've only heard the groan-inducing "Americas" definition come from the mouths of Chileans, Uruguayans and Argentinians. At the very least, I've never heard a Mexican or a Brazilian say this.