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    You may be tempted to think that the syrup thing is because of the bud, but actually she took up bud to stop getting so many questions about it.

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    During my study abroad in japan we visited an elementary school as a cultural exchange. The class that day had to pick a country and list three things about it. A bunch of them picked america and the three most common things were McDonalds / hamburgers, pancakes and Disney.

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      Most English-speaking countries teach the seven-continent model. There is no place named “America,” so when native English speakers omit “The United States of” for brevity, other native English speakers understand that they’re referring to the USA.

      It seems to cause some confusion with cultures that are taught the six-continent model (in which there is a continent called “America”). I would guess that it’s because a lot of people are unaware of these cultural differences.


      Edit to actually answer your question 😅: In English, Canada is in a continent called “North America”

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        Its all just America. America is named after Amerigo Vespucci (1454–1512), an Italian explorer and cartographer. His name wasn’t “North America” … so you all are wrong. It is what it is.

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          Oh that was centuries ago. In the US, we’ve even divided states in a similar manner over the years. The Province of Carolina became North Carolina and South Carolina. Dakota Territory -> North and South Dakota. Virginia and… West Virginia (not sure why no “East Virginia”).

          I suppose you can say it’s “wrong” on the Internet, but if you tried the six-continent model on a school test in an English-speaking country, it would likely be marked as incorrect.

          There are also five- and I think even four-continent models in some cultures. The thought of any of them being “wrong” is really interesting, to me. Personally, I’ve never really thought about any of them as “right” or “wrong”, just cultural differences.

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            The point is moot either way. Canada and the USA are on the exact same continent. Say American or say North American … the US and Canada are the same.

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              Sure. I was mostly just trying to answer your question and clear up some of the confusion. In all continent models, Canada and the USA are indeed on the same continent 🙂

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      There is no continent called America.

      However, there is a country that hundreds of millions of people identify as “America”.

      Be smarter.

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        HAH HAH HAH heh. What continent is Mexico on? What continent is the USA on? Hint: United States of … Are you smarter than a 3rd grader? Fucking lame ass trolls.

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      You don’t like to be publicly respected for your informed opinions?

      Why not?

      Everybody knows what you are saying. What percentage would you estimate are impressed?

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      Might be meant to explain that folks say “American” to mean people from the United States more often than the American continents. Especially since it’s for teaching people a different language.

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        Yea, but we troll MAGA by telling them that Mexicans and Canadians are Americans … it breaks them.

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    What’s that look on her face… aggressively horny? Is this normally how Canadian ladies get while smoking BC buds??

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      No offense toward my northern neighbors was intended. I love the Canadians. Maple Syrup is my sacrament.

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    If you’re gonna sum up an entire culture in a handful of words, well, they could have done worse.

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    Goddammit, another American pretending to be Canadian and fucking things up for us. She’s clearly avoided any words with Z in it for fear that she’ll give herself away when she fails to pronounce it “zed”.

    Maple syrup is the greatest thing on earth, and we treat it accordingly, with moderation, not like ketchup which is the third handle on American faucets.