This reminds me of 2nd grade when my class covered Christopher Columbus. I was taught that he thought he was in India so when he encountered people he called them Indians. I asked the teacher what they were called before that. The teacher told me they weren't called anything. So I guess they had no name for themselves and nothing else had a name before Christopher Columbus arrived and started naming things.
Of course they did. They had their own tribe names.
Supercuaco666 posted...
It's also the only country with "United States" in its name, which has the added benefit of not stealing part of the continent's name.
Imagine if there was a town called "Basic Town of Dakota" located in South Dakota, but people just called it "Dakota" for short. That's confusing as heck!
It doesn't matter since when people say America then they really only mean the country. People will say North/South/Central if they are talking about the continents themselves. ---