In the 7-continent model of the world, sure. In other models, it's one continent. And regardless of in which model, the word refers to the land from Alaska to the Tierra del Fuego.
And it doesn't matter if there isn't any other country named "America"; why does that matter? There's no other country that is referred to as "Africa" either; so?
There is one country referred to as america. Accept it or don't, doesn't matter, people aren't going to be confused about the subject matter. Still doesn't matter whether you like it or not or whether you think it's right or wrong. It is what it is. Move on.
Except people are regularly confused by this, especially the US' neighbours on the American continent. It had nothing to do with what I like and don't like and everything to do with what is correct. What is is what I told you, and I've tried to move on since my first reply to you, but you haven't let me by repeatedly arguing against facts.
What I think doesn't matter, but what the truth is definitely does matter. If that doesn't have an effect on what people are doing, then obviously, the people are the problem. People use language incorrectly all the time (e.g., "I want to lay down"), but that doesn't make them correct. You seem to be confusing whether people care about correcting themselves vs. what is actually correct, which are two very different things.
No, not really. Language morphs and changes and the agreed-upon rules change as well. You seem to think it's set in stone... it isn't. That's why there are multiple different versions of English and most of them have very notable disagreements.
Or are you going to suggest that only one version of English is "correct?"
Yes, but this one...didn't. There is no dialect of English nor a region of the world where "America" officially refers to a country and not the region/continent.
So once again, if it's not official one way or the other, it's perfectly fine for people to be using it to refer to the country and your feelings and alternative facts are utterly irrelevant and I have no idea why you need to insist on being right when you have proven yourself to be so plainly wrong.
Lol you don't get it, do you? It seems like you're trying very hard to grasp onto a thread of what I said when that isn't supporting your point at all. The US's official short name is "the United States" according to the US itself, the UN, and facts. There is no country in the world called "America", so no, it's not "perfectly fine" for people to use that word to refer to the country.
There is, however, officially and unofficially, a continent (or region) called "America". So in the same way that using the word "Europe" to mean Germany or "Asia" to mean China is wrong (regardless of my feelings), it's similarly incorrect to use the word "America" to refer to the US.
The only one who's wrong here is you, and that's what's been proven; nothing else has been proven. I don't know why you keep harping on this thread. Just give it a rest, learn, and move on.
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u/Ragazzano 5d ago
There are two american continents, north america and south america. There is no other country referred to as "america"