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02-18-2010, 05:00 PM
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"I think it's because people in Europe were used to calling it "America" long before there were any independent countries here"
I am sorry, but I take offense to this part of your post. Where exactly is here? And when Europeans called it America they were referring to the continent, not the US. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerigo_Vespucci |
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