Which continent are you from?

[moo_nieu]

im from north america

 

[Nunnafinga]

What?I don't see Antarctica in this poll.All the Antarcticans that post here are going to be upset.I am from North America.

 

[Red Dust]

European here, currently residing in east Asia so good morning from me!

 

[xlisapisa]

I’m from North America (United States).

 

[~Kilza~]

I am one of the many people from North America.

 

[Raz]

I find it confusing that apparently, there's just one America now, and I suddenly feel like I'm in this limbo as I'm probably living in a place that ceased to exist...

Yeah, I'm from South America.

 

[Red Dust]

I find it confusing that apparently, there's just one America now, and I suddenly feel like I'm in this limbo as I'm probably living in a place that ceased to exist...

Yeah, I'm from South America.

This is interesting to me because most South American people I know class both North and South America as one America and do not like the distinctions of North and South.

 

[Raz]

This is interesting to me because most South American people I know class both North and South America as one America and do not like the distinctions of North and South.

We often like to distinguish that there's 3 Americas. What we don't like is acting as if America (as in United States of America) is a continent, as there's 3 Americas and "America" isn't a country.

We're all Americans, and this is something that most of us agree that there's no distinction if it's south, central or north america.

The most common "dispute" lies when a person born in the USA says "I'm american", but when someone who was born in other countries from any one of the three americas say they're american too, for example "yeah, I'm american too, I was born in Chile!", the USA born person replies with "not, you're not american, you're chilean!".

Semantics, Geography, Politics. That's a storm.

 

[ali.di.magix]

being from New Zealand, I never know what to say my continent is. In this poll, it comes under Australia. Some other people or sources will say Australia is its own continent. Sometimes NZ comes under the umbrella of Oceania. I always say Australasia is my continent as that's what I was taught in school, but apparently that isn't correct either as we're technically in our own continent called Zealandia.

 

[Red Dust]

We often like to distinguish that there's 3 Americas. What we don't like is acting as if America (as in United States of America) is a continent, as there's 3 Americas and "America" isn't a country.

We're all Americans, and this is something that most of us agree that there's no distinction if it's south, central or north america.

The most common "dispute" lies when a person born in the USA says "I'm american", but when someone who was born in other countries from any one of the three americas say they're american too, for example "yeah, I'm american too, I was born in Chile!", the USA born person replies with "not, you're not american, you're chilean!".

Semantics, Geography, Politics. That's a storm.

I’m aware of this too! It’s why I never refer to someone from the United States as “an American” in the nationality form and just find a different way to say it because I know it’s felt to be offensive/ignorant to other American countries. Unfortunately in the English language there’s no separate word to distinguish being from the country of the United States or from being the continent of North or South America which has created this problem.

I know it would really annoy me if someone from a hypothetical “United States of Europe” claimed I can’t use European to refer to part of my identity because it’s a term reserved for their country only. To a degree that actually happens now that my country has left the European Union and I’m like...who are you to decide my geographical identity for me?

 

[Yanrima~]

I’m from Asia.

(that explains the opposite time zone that I have usually. It’s normally a day or hour advanced here.)

 

[Autumn247]

North America, specifically the United States

 

[Pepsiii]

United Kingdom

 

[daisyflowers]

europe gang !!

 

[whimsu]

North America- United States.

 

[NovariusHaze]

I live in Canada

 

[Mutti]

Im from Europe!

 

[sleepydreepy]

I live in the US, use to live on the east coast but now I’m in texas

 

[princess.looking.for.frog]

ah yes added another worthless vote for Australia,, only 4 of us

 

[Xara]

i’m from north america!