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Apr 10, 2008 16:07

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Depends on the bar ... tcr25 April 10 2008, 15:20:09 UTC
There might be a few people who'd rather obliviously exclude Canada as "North America", but the usual common parlance is for the typical person in the States:

"America" = the United States of America
"North America" = the U.S. & Canada (and maybe Mexico, if they think about it)

Mexico is often lumped in with Central America, which is typically spoken of as if it's not part of North America. "Latin America" is also used to cover Mexico and everything south to Antarctica. Greenland and the Caribbean nations are also in a gray zone of afterthought at best.

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Re: Depends on the bar ... grubi April 10 2008, 15:50:55 UTC
Except that Central America is and always has been part of North America.

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Re: Depends on the bar ... tcr25 April 10 2008, 16:54:38 UTC
Of course, but I'm trying to think in typical usage, not what's correct ...

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Re: Depends on the bar ... tcr25 April 10 2008, 16:58:55 UTC
that was me ...

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Re: Depends on the bar ... grubi April 10 2008, 17:15:16 UTC
Oh, people are crazy.

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