USA hasn't really got a real name

[zzzzd]

Obversly when someone says the US, United states, america or the states we all no what country there talking about, but atually they could be talking about any country.

Mexico Are United states and there in America (United Mexico states)

So Mexico is really another United states of america. except it also has a proper name.

America could mean any country from south america, central america or north america. But the United states of america generally has adopted the name.

[tawc]

At 9/8/06 04:31 PM, zzzzd wrote: Obversly when someone says the US, United states, america or the states we all no what country there talking about, but atually they could be talking about any country.

sorry, not any country! - another country

[Frostbreath]

I still can't imagine someone saying:

''I went to America last month''
''Oh really? Where to?''
''Chile''

Although it means every country in SA and NA, i'm sure whoever you're talking knows what country you mean when you say US. It can differ with just plain America though.

[ImmoralLibertarian]

But the USA isn’t technically a county.

Like the UK (There’s more than one United Kingdom in the world), / Britain (refers to the land mass, not the country) is a union of states.

[Hamslice]

Like England, Great Britain, The British Isles?

[zzzzd]

At 9/8/06 04:54 PM, o_r_i_g_i_n_a_l wrote: But the USA isn’t technically a county.

Like the UK (There’s more than one United Kingdom in the world), / Britain (refers to the land mass, not the country) is a union of states.

But Scotland, Wales and England all are reall countrys, thats my point.
Were a Union of countries, america is a Union of states which makes up a country But the countrys name is not atually a very good one.

Mexico Is another United States of the Continent of america.

[zzzzd]

At 9/8/06 05:09 PM, Hamslice wrote: Like England, Great Britain, The British Isles?

England is England

Britain is England and wales

Great Britain is England wales and scotland

United Kingdom is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northen Ireland

And British Isles are all the islands around it, there also part of United kingdom or maybe even Great Britain, i'm not sure

[Onizero]

At 9/8/06 04:31 PM, zzzzd wrote: Obversly when someone says the US, United states, america or the states we all no what country there talking about, but atually they could be talking about any country.

Mexico Are United states and there in America (United Mexico states)

So Mexico is really another United states of america. except it also has a proper name.

America could mean any country from south america, central america or north america. But the United states of america generally has adopted the name.

You have a point there actually. But people say New Mexico when there talkin' about the state most of the time. But then again your right, we could call it UMS or alska or something. I agree with you.

[Glendale]

If it were proper English, I wouldnt mind people calling the USA "Unitia".

[ImmoralLibertarian]

How about Lesser-Canada :-D

[zzzzd]

I just thought it was strange,
why doesn't U.S.A have a proper name then like Mexico or canada?

[Draconias]

The US is a world superpower. We get to choose whatever name we want, and we're going to give common names to everyone else, too.

People aren't stupid. Common names have already been worked out for every single country. This isn't a politics issue, this isn't even an issue.

[Humbucker740]

Umm... Mexico isn't a united states. Mexico is comprised of individual cities and not seperated mini-countries with their own gov't. Canada is made up of territories.

[zzzzd]

At 9/8/06 06:08 PM, Draconias wrote: The US is a world superpower. We get to choose whatever name we want, and we're going to give common names to everyone else, too.

People aren't stupid. Common names have already been worked out for every single country. This isn't a politics issue, this isn't even an issue.

Suppose it's not really, but i just thought it was a sensible question and you tend to get more sensible people here. I wasn't dissing america. I just wondered.

Of course you can choose what ever name you want so can any country ignorant super power or not. I just wondered why you gave it that paticulal namer, why not the United states of Umbungo.

Mexico is the United mexico states. And its In america so its also a united states of america.
But they also have there own name

and
What do you mean give common names to everyone else???

[Humbucker740]

At 9/8/06 06:18 PM, zzzzd wrote:

At 9/8/06 06:08 PM, Draconias wrote: The US is a world superpower. We get to choose whatever name we want, and we're going to give common names to everyone else, too.

People aren't stupid. Common names have already been worked out for every single country. This isn't a politics issue, this isn't even an issue.

Suppose it's not really, but i just thought it was a sensible question and you tend to get more sensible people here. I wasn't dissing america. I just wondered.

Of course you can choose what ever name you want so can any country ignorant super power or not. I just wondered why you gave it that paticulal namer, why not the United states of Umbungo.

Mexico is the United mexico states. And its In america so its also a united states of america.
But they also have there own name

and
What do you mean give common names to everyone else???

The United States of America is a unique name in itself. No one else is made up of united states, as i have already pointed out. Umbungo? What? Why not call cheese pears? It pertains to our continent. We are united states ON AMERICA.

[JakeHero]

At 9/8/06 06:18 PM, zzzzd wrote: stuff

To answer all your points, zzzzd, the reason the US is called America is because it's the only significant nation on NA.

[zzzzd]

At 9/8/06 06:26 PM, Humbucker740 wrote:

The United States of America is a unique name in itself. No one else is made up of united states, as i have already pointed out. Umbungo? What? Why not call cheese pears? It pertains to our continent. We are united states ON AMERICA.

Mexico is also A United states of america

Its like naming france 'a country of europe' (in a very small sense)

Or it's like calling the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom of europe.

[sekret-agent]

Hey, i'm Mexican so i should know the name of my country
and indeed it is:

Estados Unidos Mexicanos

So, yes, it IS a United States...!

as for the UK debate, zzzzzzzzzzzzzp, or whatever, also makes sense in his explaination...

US and(of) A...what an original name...!
lol

[Onizero]

That comment ends the Mexican thing. But what about UK?

[zzzzd]

At 9/8/06 07:37 PM, Onizero wrote: That comment ends the Mexican thing. But what about UK?

What about the UK?

[Onizero]

Yeah your right, the UK doesn't really matter at this point.

[cellardoor6]

The United States is usually refered to as "America" because the USA was the first independent country on the entire continent of North and South America since the Maya.

The US also is the highest profile in both continents (let alone the entire world). But what I think is funny, people are angry that Canada, Mexico, Brazil and other countries aren't usually considered America because they are overshadowed by the USA.

But the thing is, when some people around the world think "America" they think every white western country in the world, including UK, France, Germany and so forth. Also the reason alot of hatred is directed at "America" in this world is because everything Europe does is considered an act of "America" when Germany, France and the UK do something in the world, the world blames "America". Europe isn't even considered indepedent from America in most of the world.

When British soldiers were videotaped beating Iraqi children, the Muslim World called them "American soldiers from Britain". When France massacred innocent Africans in the Ivory Coast, people around the world called it "American imperialism".

Brits and Canadians who think their countries are more loved than the world are wrong. Its just that their countries are relatively insignificant without the US, and are reliant with the US to the point that they are considered to just be satellites of the US.

How does that make you feel about your fragile British and Canadian pride??? You are so pathetic in comparison to the US that everyone in the world (other than educated Westerners) believe you ARE part of "America".

Brits always say "alteatst the whole world doesn't hate the UK like they do America' well thats because you ARE "America' in the eyes of the world.

[lapis]

"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." If people would keep referring to a rose as "America" then eventually the word "America" would become synonymous with the word "rose", and whenever one would mention the word "America" others would think of a rose. The United States of America don't need a formal, separating name because they already have a few: US, USA, America, etc. Are these names unique? No, but when these names are mentioned people know which country one is referring to. So these words serve their purpose, they make people think about the country that the utterer wants them to think about. The fact that there are other United States or other nations in America is irrelevant since the words "US" and "America" aren't commonly associated with them.

[Der-Lowe]

At 9/8/06 04:44 PM, Frostbreath wrote: I still can't imagine someone saying:

''I went to America last month''
''Oh really? Where to?''
''Chile''

Well, I can, maybe because I wasn't born in the US.
What I can't imagine someone saying is:

-I'm American.
-Really, from which part?
-Paraguay.

Unless it is a joke, of course.

At 9/8/06 07:52 PM, cellardoor6 wrote: The United States is usually refered to as "America" because the USA was the first independent country on the entire continent of North and South America since the Maya.

The US also is the highest profile in both continents (let alone the entire world). But what I think is funny, people are angry that Canada, Mexico, Brazil and other countries aren't usually considered America because they are overshadowed by the USA.

But the thing is, when some people around the world think "America" they think every white western country in the world, including UK, France, Germany and so forth. Also the reason alot of hatred is directed at "America" in this world is because everything Europe does is considered an act of "America" when Germany, France and the UK do something in the world, the world blames "America". Europe isn't even considered indepedent from America in most of the world.

When British soldiers were videotaped beating Iraqi children, the Muslim World called them "American soldiers from Britain". When France massacred innocent Africans in the Ivory Coast, people around the world called it "American imperialism".

Brits and Canadians who think their countries are more loved than the world are wrong. Its just that their countries are relatively insignificant without the US, and are reliant with the US to the point that they are considered to just be satellites of the US.

How does that make you feel about your fragile British and Canadian pride??? You are so pathetic in comparison to the US that everyone in the world (other than educated Westerners) believe you ARE part of "America".

Brits always say "alteatst the whole world doesn't hate the UK like they do America' well thats because you ARE "America' in the eyes of the world.

I'll tell you why the western world joins the rest of the world in hating america, It's people like you, re-read your fuckin post, Calling Canada and Britain and everyone else Pathetic, your Pathetic thinking everything is America, It's Discusting.
And i'm sorry to say The rest of the world doesn't think Everyone from the west are americans, thats what you would like to think. Your fuckin pathetic. Stop filling every post with you anti-world bollocks. Your not making Your beloved country look good, Your making it look ignorant and pathetic.

Please say not all americans are like you!!

[cellardoor6]

At 9/8/06 08:40 PM, _holly_ wrote: I'll tell you why the western world joins the rest of the world in hating america, It's people like you, re-read your fuckin post, Calling Canada and Britain and everyone else Pathetic, your Pathetic thinking everything is America, It's Discusting.

See I don't care if people hate my country, or hate me as an American. I'm secure with my nationality and I don't need to approval foreign countries to feel good about myself and my homeland.

I don't really think Canada and Britain are pathetic exactly, that was an exageration on my part. But the fact is that Canada and Britain are greatly overshadowed and insignificant compared to the prowess, influence, and power that the US has. But part of the reason the US is so powerful is because the US does have influence in Canada and Britain.

And i'm sorry to say The rest of the world doesn't think Everyone from the west are americans, thats what you would like to think. Your fuckin pathetic. Stop filling every post with you anti-world bollocks. Your not making Your beloved country look good, Your making it look ignorant and pathetic.

All those anti Americans you see burning US flags in the middle east usually DO consider all western countries to be part of the US. They believe the US controls all the western countries and therefore they believe everything that is done by these countries is just an extension of the American Government.

Read up about what Iran has been saying lately through Middle Eastern Media. Remember that package of incentives that Germany, UK, and France gave to Iran to persuade them not to continue enriching Uranium? The package that the US had NOTHING to do with? Irans President Ahmed Ahmadinejad rejected it as "American seduction" and never even mentioned the names of the European countries that were the people who really made the incentives. He never once said that he rejected what the UK, Germany, or France proposed, he just labeled them all as "Americans". SO all the brainwashed Arabs and Muslims in the Middle east hate America for something Europe did, this is true for many things that have happened in the past. America is the focus of all the blame, America is the focus of all the attention, therefore America is blamed for all the worlds problems and hated by the worlds people because of it. When really Europe would be just as hated if people around the world knew better.

Once again I am not anti-world. There are good people from every country, but the thing is, most people in the world are misinformed, misguided, and brainwashed, atleast all the anti-Americans who are misinformed enough to believe everything bad that happens in the world (things that are done by Europeans) is planned by the US.

Please say not all americans are like you!!

Only the smart ones, the ones who don't go out of their way to be polite to the likes of you. People who try and avoid hurting the feelings of the likes of you, who don't withhold the truth. Many people who AREN'T American believe the same thing I do, including alot of Europeans, Arabs, and Asians whom I studied with in Germany.

[Ranger2]

Our name is the United States of America.

[MortifiedPenguins]

See, the thing is, while the rest of the America's were colonies of the Europeans, we were the first United States of America.

See how the words form there.

Kinda like a patent.

[BeFell]

I don't really have any idea what the hell you people are talking about at this point but as to the idiotic non-issue of Canadians and Mexicans who feel bad that they don't have a term that identifies them as members of a particular continent, couldn't they just call themselves North Americans? It actually seems that would be more propper anyways so as not to confuse residents of North and South America with a blanket term like Americans.

[The-Dran]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia

"Columbia is the original name for the United States and inspired the names of many things."