America is a continent, not a country

Posted Aug 20, 2024 12:32 UTC (Tue) by jkingweb (subscriber, #113039)
In reply to: America is a continent, not a country by Delicieuxz
Parent article: Bringing encryption restrictions in through the back door

> In Canada, we rarely use the term America to refer to the US, or American to refer to a US citizen. We usually call the US the US, and a person from the US simply a US citizen, from the US, or from the States.

You and I must live in different Canadas, then. While I agree "America" is practically never used outside an ironic context, I also rarely if ever hear fellow Canadians use a name for our southern neighbours other than "American" (or « américain » in French).