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How do Americans understand the word "international"?
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I remembered months ago I chatted with an American, we came across this word, "international". There was some confusion happening; then he told me "Because there is a lot of states in the US, Americans generally understand 'international' as 'inter-states'".
I was shocked, because I thought the meaning of "international" was quite clear, like France and Germany and Japan and the US and the UK.
But "international" would be Florida, Colorado, Texas, and Pennsylvania according to him, and his major was politics which made his words more convincing.
Is what he said true? If so, then how Americans talk about the "international" that I want to say?
Top Comment: I think that guy was either lying to you or stupid. Are you sure he wasn’t talking about intranational?