You both are funny, like I said geography classes in the US are horrible, just look at both your posts.
Out of all the countries that are in America, only the US uses the 7 continent model instead of the standard 6 continent model. The US used to use the 6 continent model until WWII so you should brush up on it
@darngooddesign . Still even if you want to use the less common 7 model they are still continents
@igorsky lol.
You guys let me know when the olympics break america into two rings. (Antartica is not part of the games of course)
It's a good thing for our poor Geography skills that science is there to settle this for us. There's a little thing called Plate Tectonics. And there's most certainly 7 Continents and even more if you count sub-continents and submerged continents. The 6 continent model combines the single landmass of Eurasia, but that can even be sub-divided by plates further. But you're referring to the Americas, which are 2 continents in every model... and your Olympic Ring argument (strangest counter-argument ever) separates Europe and Asia anyway, sooooo.......
The Olympics have no bearing on this. Nor will they ever.
Chances are you're from Latin America somewhere... as the only group of people that ever want to cry about the term.
However, the country has
*always* been referred to as America since its inception. So it's time for you to brush up on
history. George Washington, a sorta important guy in the early years of the nation, said in his farewell address, "The name of American, which belongs to you in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of patriotism..."
John Adams, the 1st Vice President, the 2nd President referred to the nation as "America" in his Inaugural Address. A good century before any of the "imperialistic" or "jingoistic" claims you'll certainly fall back on next were even in the picture. Let alone the fact the
2 continents being named America in the first place is imperialistic since it's a Latin name from the Italian guy that mapped it to prove it wasn't part of Asia, rather than some native tribal name.
Let's step 20-odd years back in time from 1796. That litte war that was fought between the colonies, France and England? The English call it the
American War for Independence in their text books to this day. So I guess it isn't an "American" thing after all.
American is a term given to the people of British Colonies, by the British, before the country existed and it has stuck.
There's plenty of other historical documents that refer to the country as America, and the people as American... but let's step into the modern-day world. It's also the only country on the
2 continents with "America" in its name, and coupled with its use for the region since its very inception... one shouldn't have much trouble disseminating what it means.
The term is very simple. It can be used in either sense, and it will always be used in either sense because the context is very clear.
Anyhow, we're way off topic. So I retire from this side track.