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-square269fedilinkarrow-up1712arrow-down124cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1688arrow-down1external-linkDonald Trump Says Gulf of Mexico Will Now Be Called 'Gulf of America.' Congress Is Already Prepping Legislationpeople.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square269fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
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-squareRinox@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoYou joke but in many languages they do that, for instance “statunitensi” or “estadounidenses”
minus-squarejg1i@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoI don’t joke actually. I chose “Unitedstatians” exactly because that’s what other languages do.
minus-squareidiomaddict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-21 month 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.
Agreed. Let’s also change our demonym to Unitedstatian.
You joke but in many languages they do that, for instance “statunitensi” or “estadounidenses”
I don’t joke actually. I chose “Unitedstatians” exactly because that’s what other languages do.
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.