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Started by Legend, Dec 20, 2016, 06:31 AM

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Chile to be the first American country to ban plastic bags in coastal cities : worldnews

I didn't know this but "America" in English and "America" in Spanish are not 1 to 1 translations. In Spanish North and South America are a single continent and all parts are considered american. When referring to US things, they don't use american.

Lots of people seem to have issues with this and project their understanding into the other language  :P