[Eric]

I always bounce back and forth but I used the term 'America' to tell the doctor where I was from while in Canada and he corrected me...

[mesmark]

Quote Eric

he corrected me...

The real question is why did he correct you? Was there a communication error? Did he not understand what place you spoke of? Does he want Canada to be called Canada of America?

Does he have a problem with the use of 'the States'? or 'the United States' for that matter?

Other countries have states, but no other country has the word America in their name (that I know of.)

To complain about someone refering to the USA as America really just sounds like sounds like a person who wants to say something else ...

see my explanation for the use of America as a synonym for the United States in the link above.