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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[easwaran.livejournal.com]

I believe I was one that made that assertion wrt same-sex marriage laws. I think it works to have two different definitions of North America, just as Europe may or may not include Russia, the Caucasus, Turkey, Greenland, or Iceland.