• zepheriths@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      That would not work. The English speaking world doesn’t use America like that Ford would get sued as operations would still be in the US and lose.

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      They downvoted you, but in Spanish speaking countries, America is a single continent, with North, South, center and Caribbean just being regions

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        I dunno what Spanish speaking country you’re from, but every Spanish speaker I’ve ever known has used “America” to casually refer to the USA.

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          Soy de México y le dicen Estados Unidos en todo latino América

          Here’s a meme from a chilean cartoonist:

          You can also check the Wikipedia page under the section “Number”

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent

          The six-continent combined-America model is taught in Greece and many Romance-speaking countries—including Latin America.[34][42]