"America" is not United States only

Brazilians are scum,

America doesnt exist, it is a massive illusion produced by the conspiracy.
Ever since 1492, A secret society in Europe has been telling that there is a "new " world,
in reality there is not.

do you honestly believe there is a "new world"? 
explore the facts, America does not exist.

Quote from: iwanttobelieve on April 21, 2012, 07:09:02 PM

America doesnt exist, it is a massive illusion produced by the conspiracy.
Ever since 1492, A secret society in Europe has been telling that there is a "new " world,
in reality there is not.

Explain yourself better, please.

Quote from: iwanttobelieve on April 21, 2012, 07:17:28 PM

do you honestly believe there is a "new world"? 
explore the facts, America does not exist.

So are you saying that we (Americans) are in the Old World?

Quote from: EduardoVS-BR on April 21, 2012, 07:12:25 PM

Quote from: iwanttobelieve on April 21, 2012, 07:09:02 PM

America doesnt exist, it is a massive illusion produced by the conspiracy.
Ever since 1492, A secret society in Europe has been telling that there is a "new " world,
in reality there is not.

Explain yourself better, please.

North and South America already had indigenous populations when they were "discovered". What's so "new" about that?

Quote from: markjo on April 21, 2012, 07:46:22 PM

Quote from: EduardoVS-BR on April 21, 2012, 07:12:25 PM

Quote from: iwanttobelieve on April 21, 2012, 07:09:02 PM

America doesnt exist, it is a massive illusion produced by the conspiracy.
Ever since 1492, A secret society in Europe has been telling that there is a "new " world,
in reality there is not.

Explain yourself better, please.

North and South America already had indigenous populations when they were "discovered". What's so "new" about that?

They are considered new in a Eurocentric vision.

The U.S.A. has a terribly clumsy name, so there's no easy alternative for "American".

Perhaps you should have thought of that before you gave your country such a stupid name.

Oh, I searched on Google and find that America (the continent as the world calls it) is called in English "Americas". Why are the English-speaking countries so weird? Like "Hey, all the countries in the world elaborated a perfectly coherent and simple measurement system! All right, I´ll keep measuring things with the footprint of the King, and having all my different scales with diferent multiples with different intervales! That will make things easier!" and "Eight diferent verb tenses and a Language Academy? That´s too much!"

Quote from: Conker on April 22, 2012, 12:35:41 PM

Oh, I searched on Google and find that America (the continent as the world calls it) is called in English "Americas". Why are the English-speaking countries so weird? Like "Hey, all the countries in the world elaborated a perfectly coherent and simple measurement system! All right, I´ll keep measuring things with the footprint of the King, and having all my different scales with diferent multiples with different intervales! That will make things easier!" and "Eight diferent verb tenses and a Language Academy? That´s too much!"

You'd do fucked-up shit too if you had to put up with speaking English all the time.

Oh, I searched on Google and find that America (the continent as the world calls it) is called in English "Americas". Why are the English-speaking countries so weird? Like "Hey, all the countries in the world elaborated a perfectly coherent and simple measurement system! All right, I´ll keep measuring things with the footprint of the King, and having all my different scales with diferent multiples with different intervales! That will make things easier!" and "Eight diferent verb tenses and a Language Academy? That´s too much!"

Quote from: Conker on April 22, 2012, 12:35:41 PM

Oh, I searched on Google and find that America (the continent as the world calls it) is called in English "Americas". Why are the English-speaking countries so weird? Like "Hey, all the countries in the world elaborated a perfectly coherent and simple measurement system! All right, I´ll keep measuring things with the footprint of the King, and having all my different scales with diferent multiples with different intervales! That will make things easier!" and "Eight diferent verb tenses and a Language Academy? That´s too much!"

I don't know any language in which there is a continent named America. There are continents named South America and North America, but not one named America. The two Americas together do not make a single continent, so I see no reason why there should be a singular name for it.

Quote from: Particle Person on April 21, 2012, 06:56:46 PM

The U.S.A. has a terribly clumsy name, so there's no easy alternative for "American".

Quote from: Parsifal on April 21, 2012, 03:14:25 PM

Perhaps you should have thought of that before you gave your country such a stupid name.

Quote from: Conker on April 22, 2012, 12:35:41 PM

Oh, I searched on Google and find that America (the continent as the world calls it) is called in English "Americas". Why are the English-speaking countries so weird? Like "Hey, all the countries in the world elaborated a perfectly coherent and simple measurement system! All right, I´ll keep measuring things with the footprint of the King, and having all my different scales with diferent multiples with different intervales! That will make things easier!" and "Eight diferent verb tenses and a Language Academy? That´s too much!"

I don't know any language in which there is a continent named America. There are continents named South America and North America, but not one named America. The two Americas together do not make a single continent, so I see no reason why there should be a singular name for it.

Quote from: Blanko on April 22, 2012, 01:23:56 PM

Quote from: Conker on April 22, 2012, 12:35:41 PM

Oh, I searched on Google and find that America (the continent as the world calls it) is called in English "Americas". Why are the English-speaking countries so weird? Like "Hey, all the countries in the world elaborated a perfectly coherent and simple measurement system! All right, I´ll keep measuring things with the footprint of the King, and having all my different scales with diferent multiples with different intervales! That will make things easier!" and "Eight diferent verb tenses and a Language Academy? That´s too much!"

I don't know any language in which there is a continent named America. There are continents named South America and North America, but not one named America. The two Americas together do not make a single continent, so I see no reason why there should be a singular name for it.

A continent is a large landmass surrounded of ocean.
Please tell me what is the ocean that separates South America from North America.

Quote from: Blanko on April 22, 2012, 01:23:56 PM

Quote from: Conker on April 22, 2012, 12:35:41 PM

Oh, I searched on Google and find that America (the continent as the world calls it) is called in English "Americas". Why are the English-speaking countries so weird? Like "Hey, all the countries in the world elaborated a perfectly coherent and simple measurement system! All right, I´ll keep measuring things with the footprint of the King, and having all my different scales with diferent multiples with different intervales! That will make things easier!" and "Eight diferent verb tenses and a Language Academy? That´s too much!"

I don't know any language in which there is a continent named America. There are continents named South America and North America, but not one named America. The two Americas together do not make a single continent, so I see no reason why there should be a singular name for it.

A continent is a large landmass surrounded of ocean.
Please tell me what is the ocean that separates South America from North America.

Yes they make. North and South America are considered one continent in plenty of zones,as there´s not a clear differenciation between them.

"The six-continent combined-America model is taught in Latin America[citation needed] and in some parts of Europe including Greece (equivalent 5 inhabited continents model (i.e. excluding Antarctica) still also found in texts),[20] Portugal[citation needed] and Spain[citation needed]."  "This model has a historical and cultural basis" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent  and http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continente

Quote from: Blanko on April 22, 2012, 01:23:56 PM

Quote from: Conker on April 22, 2012, 12:35:41 PM

Oh, I searched on Google and find that America (the continent as the world calls it) is called in English "Americas". Why are the English-speaking countries so weird? Like "Hey, all the countries in the world elaborated a perfectly coherent and simple measurement system! All right, I´ll keep measuring things with the footprint of the King, and having all my different scales with diferent multiples with different intervales! That will make things easier!" and "Eight diferent verb tenses and a Language Academy? That´s too much!"

I don't know any language in which there is a continent named America. There are continents named South America and North America, but not one named America. The two Americas together do not make a single continent, so I see no reason why there should be a singular name for it.

A continent is a large landmass surrounded of ocean.
Please tell me what is the ocean that separates South America from North America.

Quote from: EduardoVS-BR on April 22, 2012, 01:49:15 PM

Quote from: Blanko on April 22, 2012, 01:23:56 PM

Quote from: Conker on April 22, 2012, 12:35:41 PM

Oh, I searched on Google and find that America (the continent as the world calls it) is called in English "Americas". Why are the English-speaking countries so weird? Like "Hey, all the countries in the world elaborated a perfectly coherent and simple measurement system! All right, I´ll keep measuring things with the footprint of the King, and having all my different scales with diferent multiples with different intervales! That will make things easier!" and "Eight diferent verb tenses and a Language Academy? That´s too much!"

I don't know any language in which there is a continent named America. There are continents named South America and North America, but not one named America. The two Americas together do not make a single continent, so I see no reason why there should be a singular name for it.

A continent is a large landmass surrounded of ocean.
Please tell me what is the ocean that separates South America from North America.

The Sea of Ignorance.

Quote from: Conker on April 22, 2012, 12:35:41 PM

America is called "America" because of Americo Vespuccio...

That's actually just the most commonly held belief. It has yet to be substantiated.

Quote from: Conker on April 22, 2012, 01:37:34 PM

Yes they make. North and South America are considered one continent in plenty of zones,as there´s not a clear differenciation between them.

"The six-continent combined-America model is taught in Latin America[citation needed] and in some parts of Europe including Greece (equivalent 5 inhabited continents model (i.e. excluding Antarctica) still also found in texts),[20] Portugal[citation needed] and Spain[citation needed]."  "This model has a historical and cultural basis" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent  and http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continente

While I agree with your point, should Eurasia not also be considered a single continent? What about Afro-Eurasia?

Short answer: The separation between Europe and Asia is cultural, not geographic, and the same can be said for North America and Central/South America. I agree that it's dumb, but that's the convention.

Edit: It seems you beat me to saying the same thing.

Between Asia and Europe there are the Urale Mounts and the Caspian Sea. Between Europe and Africa there is the Mediterranean Sea. But what about North and South America?

They are joined by the Panama whateveryoucallit.