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That Homer made my day (The one line one) And Phil, your friend Wikipedia claims that you should write "Americas", not "America" as your location, but we can't all be reading Wikipedia all the time, riiiiiiiiight? (>")> <("<) (>")|=> <=("O) Kirby [Ice cream cone-smiley here]
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Cardboard wrote:
And Phil, your friend Wikipedia claims that you should write "Americas", not "America"
False.
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but that's why I was talking with phunqsauce in IRC
Yes, 30 minutes(Probably more) after I did posted that.
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Edit: And what if I didn't read those wikipedia articles? I would still understand what you mean because I'm one of the most smiley-using people in IRC (ascii art, emoticons, or otherwise)
If you would understand what I mean, you wouldn't argue.
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Phil... you forgot to add: "Here, look at the monkey. Look at the silly monkey!"
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Phil wrote:
Cardboard wrote:
And Phil, your friend Wikipedia claims that you should write "Americas", not "America"
False.
False
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It's rather funny that you are linking to an article that favors me. But I guess you can't read the first paragraph but just the title of the article which is half wrong. It's "The Americas" and "America". "Americas" alone is wrong. From the 1st paragraph: "The Americas may alternatively be referred to as America. Also, what does it have anything to do with "25th Aniversary of smileys"? Seriously, you are just trolling. And stop that.
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Phil wrote:
From the 1st paragraph: "The Americas may alternatively be referred to as America.
Actually, it says "The Americas may alternatively be referred to as America; however, America may be ambiguous as it can refer to either this entire landmass or just the United States of America.". It seems that you didn't read it that well.
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Guybrush wrote:
Phil wrote:
From the 1st paragraph: "The Americas may alternatively be referred to as America.
Actually, it says "The Americas may alternatively be referred to as America; however, America may be ambiguous as it can refer to either this entire landmass or just the United States of America.". It seems that you didn't read it that well.
What are you trying to say? As far as I see, that does not contradict with what Phil said. [Edit: Split the offtopic discussion from the smiley thread into this thread.]
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Bisqwit wrote:
What are you trying to say? As far as I see, that does not contradict with what Phil said.
Didn't the debate start when Phil said that "America isn't just USA so don't say America when you talk about USA" or something? So I'm saying, that when talking about USA you can say America and everybody understands what you're talking about.
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Guybrush wrote:
Bisqwit wrote:
What are you trying to say? As far as I see, that does not contradict with what Phil said.
Didn't the debate start when Phil said that "America isn't just USA so don't say America when you talk about USA" or something? So I'm saying, that when talking about USA you can say America and everybody understands what you're talking about.
No, it didn't start then. Read the opening post. Don't just start arguing for the sake of arguing. You're arguing about wrong question, one that wasn't even posed.
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United States (51 states) of America (the continent). I don't care what "americans" say, I'll never agree with calling USA "America". There are 3 Americas, and they are all continents. North, Central and South. The big land mass is The Americas.
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FODA wrote:
I don't care what "americans" say, I'll never agree with calling USA "America".
What do you call a person from the US? Note that not everyone here is a citizen or a supporter of the country, so that limits you by a fair amount.
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This is why the of america part is a bad idea. They are not the only country in North America.
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FODA wrote:
United States (51 states)
I must not have gotten the memo for the new one.
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Zurreco wrote:
What do you call a person from the US?
U-S-American or Unitedstatesian or "Someone too lazy to say Citizen of the United States of America" ok sorry
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Ramzi wrote:
FODA wrote:
United States (51 states)
I must not have gotten the memo for the new one.
Maybe Canada? (only kidding)
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Ramzi wrote:
FODA wrote:
United States (51 states)
I must not have gotten the memo for the new one.
I didn't either. Did Bush finally wake up and realize we have to take over Canada? Or is there some new deal with Mexico going on? I just hope it isn't one of them shark states with too much liquid.
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alden wrote:
U-S-American "Someone too lazy to say Citizen of the United States of America"
Do you call people from Canada "Canadian-Americans?" Also, please note this
Zurreco wrote:
Note that not everyone here is a citizen or a supporter of the country, so that limits you by a fair amount.
So your second response is useless.
Nach wrote:
Ramzi wrote:
I must not have gotten the memo for the new one.
I didn't either. Did Bush finally wake up and realize we have to take over Canada? Or is there some new deal with Mexico going on?
Puerto Rico is a US Protectorate, which some conclude as a new state.
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Zurreco wrote:
Nach wrote:
Ramzi wrote:
I must not have gotten the memo for the new one.
I didn't either. Did Bush finally wake up and realize we have to take over Canada? Or is there some new deal with Mexico going on?
Puerto Rico is a US Protectorate, which some conclude as a new state.
52 then, we can't forget Iraq. And seriously, why stop there?
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Nach wrote:
Zurreco wrote:
Nach wrote:
Ramzi wrote:
I must not have gotten the memo for the new one.
I didn't either. Did Bush finally wake up and realize we have to take over Canada? Or is there some new deal with Mexico going on?
Puerto Rico is a US Protectorate, which some conclude as a new state.
52 then, we can't forget Iraq. And seriously, why stop there?
Iran will be the 53rd quite soon, unless they put up sufficient resistance.
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So you guys don't know what a protectorate is, then?
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Um, last I checked Guam was also, so that would make 52. Or, we can assume it was a freaking typo and there really are just 50 states here like any 1st grader knows.
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mmbossman wrote:
Or, we can assume it was a freaking typo and there really are just 50 states here like any 1st grader knows.
Yes of course it was a typo, the 0 and 1 are right next to each other on the top of the keyboard.
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Nach wrote:
mmbossman wrote:
Or, we can assume it was a freaking typo and there really are just 50 states here like any 1st grader knows.
Yes of course it was a typo, the 0 and 1 are right next to each other on the top of the keyboard.
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