CAVOK@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 months agoEU fails to pass new sanctions targeting Russia after Hungary objectsapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square28linkfedilinkarrow-up173arrow-down12
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minus-squarezipfile@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoAnd only 1 has America in its name You’re being willfully obtuse here
minus-squareRichard Wonka@mas.tolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months ago@zipfile @jenesaisquoi we all can see which country you mean. We can also see the arrogance in claiming the name of a continent for your country.
minus-squarezipfile@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoIt’s not arrogance it’s literally the shorthand name of the country lol
minus-squareRichard Wonka@mas.tolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months ago@zipfile that you don’t recognise the arrogance isn’t much of a surprise.
minus-squarezipfile@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoIt’s equally unsurprising yall think it’s arrogance when no other country shares the name and the continent is technically called the Americas
minus-squarejenesaisquoi@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoCalling the USA America is like calling Germany Europe.
minus-squarezipfile@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoIf Germany was literally called the republic of Europe it would actually be appropriate
minus-squarejenesaisquoi@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoIf Germany were called Republic of Europe then, no, it wouldn’t be
And only 1 has America in its name
You’re being willfully obtuse here
@zipfile @jenesaisquoi we all can see which country you mean.
We can also see the arrogance in claiming the name of a continent for your country.
It’s not arrogance it’s literally the shorthand name of the country lol
@zipfile that you don’t recognise the arrogance isn’t much of a surprise.
It’s equally unsurprising yall think it’s arrogance when no other country shares the name and the continent is technically called the Americas
Calling the USA America is like calling Germany Europe.
If Germany was literally called the republic of Europe it would actually be appropriate
If Germany were called Republic of Europe then, no, it wouldn’t be