north america includes mexico

[nibot]

Twice in the last week I've had someone assert that "North America" is just the United States and Canada. Most recently this was AAA, saying "Of course AAA works in Canada! It works everywhere in North America!" This omits several rather subtle points (i.e., Greenland). But what about Mexico? I suppose they might be making a distinction between continents and regions (with the latter containing a mysterious "central america"). Still, it annoys me greatly. Get it right: Mexico is part of North America!

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[nibot.livejournal.com]

oh yes, I'm well aware of that, and the lack of a proper adjective for "US-ian." While traveling I just identified as "Californian." (-: