JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoTIL Ecuador doesn't have its own currency and uses US dollars, but maybe not the same US dollars you are used to seeing.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square151fedilinkarrow-up1393arrow-down18
arrow-up1385arrow-down1imageTIL Ecuador doesn't have its own currency and uses US dollars, but maybe not the same US dollars you are used to seeing.lemmy.worldJimVanDeventer@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square151fedilink
minus-squaredelirious_owl@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoThe first Europeans landed in Canada. The first Spanish landed in Cuba. Neither was what is modern day US
minus-squareLetstakealook@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·8 months agoAnd none of that has anything to do with the origin of the term “Americans” and its usage in the 17th century to refer to British colonists located in what is now the eastern US.
The first Europeans landed in Canada. The first Spanish landed in Cuba. Neither was what is modern day US
And none of that has anything to do with the origin of the term “Americans” and its usage in the 17th century to refer to British colonists located in what is now the eastern US.