Where is America? Map Men explain | Thoughts + Commentary 

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Lol ​@@Lightkie

I can tell you emanate charisma

Flirting ......?

Europeans do that with every English speaker. A woman was rude and demanding at a French restaurant. The waiter walks away, cursing stupid dumb Americans. The only problem is she was Norwegian, who knew English.

yeah, even tho i do think americans on average are louder than canadians, that doesn't mean you can tell the difference with just that lol, there is high energy louder type people in canada and there are quiet "keep to yourself" type americans....i know people from both of those personality groups who are from both canada and america the only real tell there is, is if someone pronounces "about" like "aboot"....like, canadians pronounce everything with an "oo" sound that, in america, sounds like "ow"

@@David_Werbenjagermanjensen There are some other things like filler words that are different as well.

@@johnbattle7518 yeah but i mean like....something that comes up in a lot of words that u can hear the accent to, the canadian people i know almost sound american to me with their word choice, but they always have that "ow" and "oo" thing i was talking about lol you are probably right with the filler words tho, i just cant recall any of them cuz the only times ive ever heard them were in some form of media i was watching, rather than actual conversations i can relate to

**laughs a little too loud, in American**

It depends which people of Europe you're talking about. The Icelanders knew about Vinland, which was North America.

Great film. Very intriguing.

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According to the Ingoldsby Legends (google it),all the best geographers say that there are five continents; Europe, Asia, Africa, America and Romney Marsh.

I like that. I guess a good question would be , how much water qualifies as a divide? Oceans obviously count, but do canals?

⁠@@punky1534great question. If you do it that way I think we end up with 6. NA, SA (Panama canal), Eurasia, Africa (Suez canal), Australia and Antarctica. Just like it was said in the video - it’s odd there isn’t a consensus about this. 🤔

Continents do have a consensus, it's a study of the science of Geology. There are many more continents than you think, there are 7 major ones, but there also many sub-continents and micro-continents

Continents in this sense meaning geographic, not geologic. Yes, there are continental plates and subcontinents, but we’re talking about the lack of globally defined geographical areas.

Idk why but I always hear matpat screaming in my head “THE LORRREEEE” every time more is revealed lol

So if Central America is its own continent, what is Middle East? Is it Asia, Europe, or Africa? Or would it be by itself just like Central America. Most maps have Central America with North America as the continent.

So you think North America and South America are two different continents? Do you realize that North America and South America are connected by the Isthmus of Panama.? It would make more sense to consider Europe, Asia and Africa one continent than to consider North America and South America two different continents.

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Hello, Electrical Engineer of 23yrs. America is a continent & an American is from the Continent of America. If not, what is America?

Yea I live in the u.p we have a different accent from downstate and Canadiens, but Canadiens will always have longer o’s as well as always saying eh with a high h sound

America is a continent & an American is from the Continent of America.

Pretty much the same as I learnt it back in the 60's in Britain. I like to stick with this as it annoys the Yanks!

@@johnp8131 Sounds like special pleading because Europe and Asia should be one continent, then. Or Eurasasfrica

America is a continent, not a country. Therefore, 'American' is not a nationality/citizenship, officially. Furthermore, an American is from the Continent of America.

@@CaptainAmerica001 America is also a country. You can throw all the tantrums you like, that's the way it is. Canada or Mexico doesn't get to keep both Mexico and Canada AND America. America took the name first. Tough luck. Hate America in some other way. There are two countries named Congo. No one says a word about that. You don't get to tell other countries what they are named.

@@ejtattersall156 There's no country named America. There is a continent named America! 👍

What country?

Born and raised in California and was taught 7 continents. I just don't remember which ones they are but only that there were 7.

​@earthwormandruw I think the Russian alt 6 is the most accurate.

@@johnbattle7518 Apparently an 8th one called Zealandia was discovered several years ago.

​@earthwormandruw I thought you were pulling my leg. That's fascinating. I never heard of that until now, thanks!

Depending the country you studied on

ChatGTP is bias and american. Continents are totally subjective.

@@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek Indeed but it must be recognized as a part of "recent" narrative trend pushed by the anglosaxon "elite"/technocrats because in their own libraries you can find many geography old books that said otherwise (as much as they have been purged in the last 2 decades they still survive to this day XD)

@@Mikistly the american elite is not anglo saxon.

@@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek Totally agree, try asking it to define racism, or ask it about climate change :)

That’s surprising. When I lived in Portugal a guy used to run up to me in the street shouting, “Norte-americano, norte-americano!” It irritated the hell out of me, but he wasn’t playing with a full deck of cards, so... What can you do? I guess I just assumed the Portuguese counted the Americans as two separate continents.

That's pretty common. We try to not use the term Americano to call the people from the USA because we know that America/Americas is the continent. Yes, we know that there are other countries in North America; but this others have proper names, and calling people estadounidense is a mouthful.

Just because they're connected by a tiny piece of land doesn't make it one continent. Africa is clearly its own continent separate from Eurasia and North and South America are also clearly their own continents.

Not a fan of sarcasm I see.

Not if you're Canadian.. only if you're from Ontario.

I was asking myself something similar! In CDMX for example, neighborhoods are referred to as colonias- which seems to fit

@@NoProtocol Colonias were a thing way before cristobal. Romans used to name their cities in new settlements for example 'Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium' which you would today know simply as Cologne. I indeed never thought about Columbus' 'english' name. Christopherus Columbus looks fairly latinized to me, and it seems to have been a thing in renaissance europe to give yourself a latin name if you were somewhat important. Given he was Italian not even that much of a stretch. English in general seems to have held on to a lot of latin. And given their quarrels at the time they were probably glad not having to remember his spanish moniker.

There's no reason to stop referring to the USA as America. It's simply a shortened version of our name and there's absolutely no confusion whatsoever when people speak of the American people or the American president or the American military or the American economy.

America is a continent & an American is from the Continent of America. If not, then what is America?

@@CaptainAmerica001 The United States of America is classically a part of the North American Continent along with Canada, Mexico, Greenland and 20 other Caribbean and Central American countries and territories. The entirety of North and South America is commonly referred to as the Americas.

@@thseed7 But America is a continent. If not, what is America then?

@@CaptainAmerica001 North America and South America are continents. There is nowhere simply called America. The United States of America is only a country and refers to only a portion of the landmass named "the Americas" as it was by European explorers/colonialists. The Americas included every modern country from Canada to Chile. Continental landmasses are determined by continental plates, large areas of land grouped together by geographical location or divided by large bodies of water or mountain ranges.

@@thseed7 But America is a continent. If not, then what is America? What is a continent? I know you've heard or seen the word, you typed out the "United States of 👉America👈".

The Scottish version of the English John is Iain. The English version of the Scottish version of John is Ian