# Why do people think America is a country?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-think-america-is-a-country/260782>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 20, 2004, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-think-america-is-a-country/260782 "2004-08-20T21:16:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-think-america-is-a-country/260782/61 "2004-08-24T02:18:28Z")

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I still don’t see what the OP is on about.

😕

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**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-think-america-is-a-country/260782/62 "2004-08-24T02:30:47Z")

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> [@Diceman](#):
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> Piker. Apparently, you weren’t around in the good old days, when MPSIMS was home to such scintillating threads as “Last night, the power went out and I missed the last five minutes of Scooby Doo.” 🙂

I would have gotten away with it too, if it hadn’t been for those meddling kids…

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