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In what ways are Samoa and American Samoa alike?

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American Samoa is one main island with a few smaller islands that is an overseas territory of the United States. read more

They are similar ethnically and linguistically only. Everything else differs, to the way they speak English- if at all, whereby in Samoa its usually with a Kiwi accent, but in AmSam its with an American accent. In Layman's terms its British influence vs. American, in terms of schooling, political, etc. read more

In American Samoa, it's usually pronounced more like may-seh. In Samoa, it's mai-seh. The proper pronounciation is the Samoan one since vowel sounds are pronounced similarly to Spanish vowels, i.e. ah - eh - ih - oh - ooh. read more

American Samoa, officially Territory of American Samoa, unincorporated territory of the United States consisting of the eastern part of the Samoan archipelago, located in the south-central Pacific Ocean. It lies about 1,600 miles (2,600 km) northeast of New Zealand and 2,200 miles (3,500 km) southwest of the U.S. state of Hawaii. read more

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