how people talk
wikipedia on Akon: "At the age of 7, he moved from Africa to New Jersey."
Funny how Africa is a whole entire continent but the place he's moving to is such a tiny, specific state, huh? Even though it says earlier he's from Dakar, Senegal, and the entry could've easily said "he moved from Dakar to North America." But everyone knows Jersey, even if they've never been there, and nobody knows or cares the difference between Dakar, Nairobi, or Cairo, eh? It's all the same.
Funny how Africa is a whole entire continent but the place he's moving to is such a tiny, specific state, huh? Even though it says earlier he's from Dakar, Senegal, and the entry could've easily said "he moved from Dakar to North America." But everyone knows Jersey, even if they've never been there, and nobody knows or cares the difference between Dakar, Nairobi, or Cairo, eh? It's all the same.