Re: OT: Notice of Revocation of Independence

On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 11:08:15 +0100, Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> wrote:
> Anyway, the point is there is multiple versions of traditional nomenclature.
> There's a fairly popular one with _five_ continents (the Americas as one, and
> Antarctica doesn't count).
I was taught America, Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania (basically everything
in the Pacific, east of Australia). Plus Antarctica as a late addition. It may
not be obvious to USAnians, but using "America" as a synonym for the
United States sounds less than nice to people who live south of the US,
though most of us don't consider that "stealing".

Curiously, "American" doesn't sound that bad standing for United-Statian,
but it does add an unpleasant twist to the Monroe doctrine.

--Pablo