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Yeah, they could reduce confusion by changing "the government" to "the UK government."
by imzadi 9mo ago
Yeah, they could reduce confusion by changing "the government" to "the UK government."
- Tom1380 9mo agoIf Americans did the same it would be great
- RIMR 9mo agoGood luck. Americans won't even differentiate Washington State and Washington D.C. Even the AP guidelines say that "Washington" is ubiquitous shorthand for "Washington D.C." and recommends against shortening it to "D.C."
- shermantanktop 9mo agoAmericans do! If you are west of the Rockies, Washington resolves to the west. If you are east, it’s DC, and you have to say “you know, where Nirvana is from.” Don’t get me started on east coast dumdums pronouncing Oregon as “Orry-gone.”
- lazyasciiart 9mo agoThe most hilarious thing is that I learned recently that when they applied to be a state, the people from WA requested to be the state of Columbia. But a Kentucky rep said that would be too easily confused with the District of Columbia, and Congress changed it to Washington.
- GJim 9mo ago> when they applied to be a state, the people from WA Western Australia?
- lazyasciiart 9mo agoYes. Little known fact, it was renamed Washington by Congress.
- deelayman 9mo agoThis is also a problem that exists within countries. My RSS feed is littered with Canadian independent (national) news agencies not defining what municipality article headlines relate to. E.g. "Mayor pushes back against province on xyz issue". Okay, that might be huge news for Timmins Ontario , but maybe BAU for Toronto. Even skimming the lead paragraph doesn't define the city often. *Editting with a point: Perhaps everyone assumes a local audience.
- pierrec 9mo agoAmericans, hm? I see what you did there.
- shermantanktop 9mo agoFine, fine. North Americans.
- gnabgib 9mo agoSo just the three of us up here - Mexico/US/Canada?