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Good, renaming it was not the smartest of moves to begin with. Considering it’s a gulf because of the gulf, which is down in Mexico. Our border with it is reall
by reactordev 1y ago
Good, renaming it was not the smartest of moves to begin with. Considering it’s a gulf because of the gulf, which is down in Mexico. Our border with it is really like the outer wall of a harbor. It’s only there to guide you towards the end.
- cubefox 1y agoSeems to be a pretty even split: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Fhow-did-the-us-let-this-gulf-be-named-after-mexico-is-v0-yk7vjax3iprc1.jpeg%3Fwidth%3D640%26crop%3Dsmart%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3D222e3841a2e7d7c4c14acd9341dd86886c9a9a39 https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.... "Gulf of North America" would make more sense, because most people regard (just) "America" as synonymous with "USA". Though that name would perhaps be more appropriate for the Hudson Bay, which is farther north.
- akagusu 1y agoOnly people from US think in America as synonymous with USA
- Dilettante_ 1y agoThat's not true. I live in Europe(Germany) and I as well as everyone I know personally says "America" when we mean "the USA" and mean "the USA" when we say "America".
- reactordev 1y agoThat’s brand awareness right there. We got em. I visited Germany a few years ago and I can confirm that they called me “The American” and referred to the US as America. My colleagues explanation was “There’s Romanians, from Romania. There’s Hungarians from Hungary. There’s Americans from America.” I laughed a bit when he said it.
- cubefox 1y agoThe term "US American" is also common, e.g. in media to refer to the nationality of a gold medal winner.
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