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Superbowl XXXVII

Posted by michael on from the game-time dept.

So, if you're a good, patriotic American, you're certainly watching the Superbowl right about now. The dot-com ads should be pretty much absent this year, but perhaps there will be something more interesting than ads for recycled movies. Maybe even the game will be worth watching. :) Update: 01/27 17:02 GMT by T : Chardish writes "If you didn't catch the trailer for The Matrix: Reloaded on the Superbowl last night, it's now available for download."

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  1. Re:Not to be a troll here but...IN SOVIET RUSSIA by letxa2000 · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Living in both Europe and now in the US (oh yeah "America" is a continent; not a country)

    No, "America" is short for "United States of America" just as "Mexico" is short for "United States of Mexico."

    If you want to refer to a continent you may refer to either North America or South America. There is no continent called "America", although the two continents together are often called "The Americas."

  2. Re:Not to be a troll here but...IN SOVIET RUSSIA by Eagle5596 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Ok, I get sick and tired of people giving this "It's not America, America is a continent" and other complaints from other countries because they find us calling the USA, America. I was in the Republic of South Africa, and was talking with a few college students. One of them asked me where I lived, I responded "America", he said "There is no such country," and proceeded to lecture me on that fact and how arrogant it was of us to say that was where we were from.

    I then asked him where he was from, and he said "South Africa," so I proceeded to give him the same talk right back, as it is the RSA, and there are many countries in South Africa.

    The fact is, this sort of abbreviation is common for countries who have their continient in their nations name. I am sure people of the Central African Republic refer to their country as Central Africa, or some such, just as we Americans and South Africans refer to our countries by a continents name.

    Regardless of whether or not this is common practice, I am still from "The Americas" whether or not I am from the USA, and that is a fact of which I am proud, so the statement "I am an American" is no more false than a Frenchman or German stating that her or she is a "European".

    Leave off it, yeah our country's foriegn policy sucks, but please take it out on our "elected" officials, and not our citizens.