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Donald Trump Says Gulf of Mexico Will Now Be Called 'Gulf of America.' Congress Is Already Prepping Legislation (people.com)

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[–] jg1i@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

The US doesn't have exclusive rights to "America" as a name.

Agreed. Let's also change our demonym to Unitedstatian.

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[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago*

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.

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[–] Rinox@feddit.it 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

You joke but in many languages they do that, for instance "statunitensi" or "estadounidenses"

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[–] jg1i@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago

I don't joke actually. I chose "Unitedstatians" exactly because that's what other languages do.

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