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Re:How a French scholar was treated at US airport by ng12 on Monday February 27, 2017 @12:46PM (#13746122)
The two are not equivalent. America is shorthand for the United States of. Mexico is short for Estados Unidos Mexicanos. Europe is a geographically defined continent.

If I were in Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Serbia, Macedonia, or the Ukraine would it not be appropriate to say I was in Europe?

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Re:How a French scholar was treated at US airport by cr1895 on Monday February 27, 2017 @12:59PM (#13746244)
Well technically I think it depends on which side of Iceland you're standing. To the west you're on the North American plate and to the east it's the Eurasian plate.
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