# The Long-Running, Never-Ending Argument Over What Counts as ‘America’

- Published: 2026-07-17T01:48:47Z
- Updated: 2026-07-17T18:43:13Z
- Section: World
- Language: English (en)
- Source: The New York Times — https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/magazine/americans-english-language.html
- Tags: The New York Times · Americas
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The label applies to the country, but also two whole continents. Our claim over it is yet another way for us to annoy the entire hemisphere.

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