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[quote=Anonymous][quote]I am from Argentina and when I hear America, it makes me think of Canada all the way down to Argetina. If you go to Argentina and say you are American someone will reply I am from America also. This will be followed by where in America are you from..

It's a bit of a touchy subject since[b] for some reason people from the US seem to think they are the only "Americans[/b]" ....[/[/quote]

But we don't view the continent as "the Americas"  As said before, we see the continents in our hemisphere as North America or South America.

We are just abbreviating our country name, as do many other countries:

People's Republic of China= China or Chinese (not Peoples Republicans)
The United Mexican States= Mexico (not Uniteds or Mexican States)
[b]Republica Argentina = Argentina (Not Republica)[/b]
Federative Republic of Brazil = Brazil (Not Federative Republic or Federative Republicans)

I could go on and on.  It is an abbreviation, just like many other countries abbreviate, including your country of Argentina.[/quote]

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