return2ozma@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoDonald Trump Says Gulf of Mexico Will Now Be Called 'Gulf of America.' Congress Is Already Prepping Legislationpeople.comexternal-linkmessage-square274fedilinkarrow-up1711arrow-down124cross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
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minus-squarepoVoq@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up65arrow-down4·2 months agoThe US doesn’t have exclusive rights to “America” as a name. In fact strictly speaking “Gulf of America” is not a bad name since it is the largest gulf in the Americas AFAIK.
minus-squarefinley@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up99arrow-down1·2 months agoThis is, of course, not why Trump is doing this.
minus-squareQueen HawlSera@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·2 months agoThe reason is racism
minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·edit-22 months agoThen maybe “Gulf of the Americas” would be more appropriate.
minus-squareCarighan Maconar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoTrue, they’ll probably call it Gulf of 'MURICA!
minus-squarejg1i@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down4·edit-22 months ago The US doesn’t have exclusive rights to “America” as a name. Agreed. Let’s also change our demonym to Unitedstatian.
minus-squareidiomaddict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-22 months agoThat’s also unclear, given the United States of Mexico. Edit: I guess we could do Columbian, but I gotta assume Colombia would be annoyed and it’s not exactly descriptive of our foreign policy.
minus-squareRinox@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoYou joke but in many languages they do that, for instance “statunitensi” or “estadounidenses”
minus-squareAuli@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoExcept America has more then one gulf so it isn’t the gulf of America it is one gulf in America.
The US doesn’t have exclusive rights to “America” as a name. In fact strictly speaking “Gulf of America” is not a bad name since it is the largest gulf in the Americas AFAIK.
This is, of course, not why Trump is doing this.
The reason is racism
Then maybe “Gulf of the Americas” would be more appropriate.
True, they’ll probably call it Gulf of 'MURICA!
Agreed. Let’s also change our demonym to Unitedstatian.
That’s also unclear, given the United States of Mexico.
Edit: I guess we could do Columbian, but I gotta assume Colombia would be annoyed and it’s not exactly descriptive of our foreign policy.
You joke but in many languages they do that, for instance “statunitensi” or “estadounidenses”
Except America has more then one gulf so it isn’t the gulf of America it is one gulf in America.