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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]2 issues: we have 7 continents in the USA that we learn about- North America and South America are different. In South America, they only have 1 American continent and consider themselves "Americans" the way all the people on the European continent consider themselves "Europeans." I didn't understand this because I would call them "South Americans."

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It's South Americans who are the most vocal about people in USA not calling ourselves American. The Canadian is just repeating their party line.

There is not a "North America" to South Americans. They consider both continents to be one American continent. That seems the easiest to fix actually. Their schools should teach S and N America as separate continents to stop the confusion. [/quote]

Either this is a terminally online people trope or is limited to the Spanish-speaking part of South America because I can guarantee you that as a citizen of South America's largest country, I have never heard this that you are claiming. Ever. Maybe it's a teenager thing and I'm an out-of-touch middle-aged lady, but among [i]my [/i]extensive network of South American friends and family, this is definitely not a thing. [/quote]

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