whats the worst country to live in?

Originally posted by GCG
Then why should it matter if Africa is called a country?

Because it is not a country and is only ever called one by accident. The same does not hold true for America.

Originally posted by GCG
Still, Stmmetric Chaos, question asks for a country and you should stick to that, because by saying America you are missing Hawaii which is hundreds of miles away from the other 49 states.
Hawaii is governed by the same constituation, currency, economy, hardware etc. so, yes it does matter.

When people use America to mean a country they mean all the constituent parts of the United States of America. I'm really not sure why this is so hard for you.

Still, Stmmetric Chaos, question asks for a country and you should stick to that, because by saying America you are missing Hawaii which is hundreds of miles away from the other 49 states.
Hawaii is governed by the same constituation, currency, economy, hardware etc. so, yes it does matter.

I have never heard of anyone who used American to mean anything except a person from the United States. Besides the level your taking this to would require clarification of both the phrases US citizen (which could refer to someone from the Mexican United States) and North American (which could refer to someone from the United States of America or from the Dominion of Canada).

This isn't a legal discussion.

When asked by one of his Parliament members why he believes so much in America

That's from your signature, what do you think was meant by that?

This isn't a legal discussion.

Originally posted by Kinneary
A lot of people also say "I could care less..." to denote that they couldn't care less,

Originally posted by Kinneary
When you say that the legal name of a US citizen can be used as the name of a citizen of Mexico, it doesn't matter if its a legal discussion or not. It's wrong.

Chose to ignore the other part of my post, did you?

So, when you read that quote, were you at a complete loss as to where it concerned?

Honestly, I didn't even realize it was from my sig. I put my sig together about two or three years ago and haven't thought about it since. I thought you were quoting another poster.

As to what it meant, I believe it meant he was speaking about the US. Is there something I'm missing here?

Well, yeah. My point of quoting it was to illustrate that it is an instantly recognisable name for the U.S, even to you. So what's wrong with saying America, instead of USA? Absolutely nothing as far as I'm concerned. It's something that's done by countless corporations, journalists, politicians and the common person, it has become synonymous with the U.S.

I don't believe I ever said that there was a problem. In fact, I believe I pretty much said that you can use any interpretation of the word you want. You just need to clarify yourself if you think there's going to be confusion.

Originally posted by Kinneary
You just need to clarify yourself if you think there's going to be confusion.

Which there wasn't.