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		antidoh on June 17, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Youtube claims I don't own my own film America is the widely used casual name for the United States of America. Context matters. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America "America usually refers to either: "The Americas, a landmass comprising North America and South America "The United States of America, a country in North America"

pm90 on June 17, 2012 [–]

This actually is reasonable since US is the only country with `america' in its name. Other countries have fancier names that can be used to easily recognize them.

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