Time@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 6 months agoDo you like America? Why or why not?message-squaremessage-square66fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareDo you like America? Why or why not?Time@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 6 months agomessage-square66fedilink
minus-squareandrewta@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoIf you say “I’m going to America” pretty much everyone on the planet knows you mean “I’m going to the United States of America”. No one cares if someone uses the short hand of “I’m going to America”.
minus-squareOutsiderInside@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-26 months agoDebatable: if someone says that, pretty much everyone would think that such person is from US.
minus-squareandrewta@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoI’ve spoken to people from England that literally say America and mean USA.
minus-squareHugh_Jeggs@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoHilarious that yous use England to mean the UK too!
If you say “I’m going to America” pretty much everyone on the planet knows you mean “I’m going to the United States of America”. No one cares if someone uses the short hand of “I’m going to America”.
Debatable: if someone says that, pretty much everyone would think that such person is from US.
I’ve spoken to people from England that literally say America and mean USA.
Hilarious that yous use England to mean the UK too!