I suppose it was. Good point.

Come to think of it, what bothers me isn’t our name so much as the attitude of so many of my fellow citizens that the rest of the world is of no consequence. Our name puts a fine point on that narrow world view, regardless of whether it was intended that way.

So yeah, I’d rather see the culture change than the name.

Yes but when you say leg of lamb, most people don’t give a shit which leg you’re referring to.

There are multiple sets of states that are united under a single national government and are part of the American continents (Mexico and Brazil, for example) but only one of them claims to be THE United States of America.