Iran sharply condemned President Donald Trump’s reported plans to start referring to the Persian Gulf as the “Gulf of Arabia” or the “Arabian Gulf” in his latest push to expand his global stamp.

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    1 day ago

    because if you say american everyone gives you sideeye

    My first trip to Europe, Met some Candaians and some people from Brazil, casually mentioned we’re all from America. Was told nicely to GTFO of that concept. I feel horrible that we’ve besmirched the name of [the whole/both] fucking continent/s.

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      4 hours ago

      I think I’m hitting a bit of a language barrier. What i understand is that they told you not to callt hem Americans? I feel like I need context. I wouldn’t want to be called American in public to avoid confusion. But not in that context

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        It was something along the lines of well we’re all Americans,

        No no no, don’t lump us in there

        I’m from the US but we’re all from North America.

        Oh, sorry, you know, we don’t really even want to be associated with that term, you guys can have that one

        It’s like having neighbors so bad that you don’t even want to mention you’re in the same community