return2ozma@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoDonald Trump Says Gulf of Mexico Will Now Be Called 'Gulf of America.' Congress Is Already Prepping Legislationpeople.comexternal-linkmessage-square263fedilinkarrow-up1430cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squarejg1i@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-22 days 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-21 day 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-up1·8 hours agoYou joke but in many languages they do that, for instance “statunitensi” or “estadounidenses”
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”