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god i keep forgetting the united states has new york in it

‪i was confused as to why a younger version of myself literally believed “america is the greatest country in the world” but now it hit me that the younger version of myself thought the united states consisted of new york‬

‪when they teach you about the american dream at school in britain it's mostly about new york. which is understandable. who wouldn't dream of living in new york‬

‪this is a bit like how i, having lived in england, didn't think i envied my friends who for some reason moved to england. but then i visited them and discovered they actually lived in london. this made me almost want to live in england (london)‬

‪can't stress enough how much london is not england, as someone who regrettably could be described as english (but will fight you over it). this is not a bit. americans does new york count as america‬

‪why is the language spoken in new amsterdam called “american english” and not “new dutch”‬

@hikari geen idee. Dit was niet mijn idee. Ik had het gewoon Nederlands gehouden. In dat geval had iedereen Nederlands gesproken als wereldtaal.

@hikari yes but it doesn't count as new york state (you only say that when differentiating it from the city)

@rcombs ridley are you arguing that nyc is america but ny state is not

@rcombs no wait i just had terrible reading comprehension. but it's funnier that way