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Gulf of Mexico to be called Gulf of America, and Denali, highest North American peak, reverts to Mount McKinley
Gulf of Mexico to be called Gulf of America, and Denali, highest North American peak, reverts to Mount McKinley
LMAO
Remember when FDR tried to tell people to change the date for Thanksgiving?
My man you don’t control the dictionary, it is still the Gulf of Mexico. I honestly can’t decide whether it is a hilarious overreach that means the whole thing is going to fall apart, or a brief glimpse into a nightmarish future of schoolteachers nervously having to tell their class that it’s “The Gulf of America” or else they’ll get in trouble, wondering what the hell is happening and hoping for someone to come and help them out of it someday.
This order will make it mandatory to use in all official US documents. Will be funny and a headache for everyone involved though.
There are a few similar cases:
Yeah but the American culture is supposed to be different from those. One of the genuine strengths of American culture is that if the boss tells you to echo some bullshit they came up with, most Americans will either just laugh it off, or if they have to put up with it, they hate it and stop as soon as they’re able.
I realize Trump is trying to turn the US into an Iran- or Saudi-style top-down system where the leader tells you what you’re allowed to call things. Like I say, he will certainly succeed to some extent, I just can’t decide how much or how scared to be about that particular aspect of it.
That’s going to be a headache for the Mexican ambassador and visa versa.
Was going to say, it will ABSOLUTELY be required in Florida. I will be shocked is DeSantis isn’t signing that bill soon!
Just gonna note that it’s not just Saudi Arabia; all Arabic speakers call it the Arabian Gulf and in fact I’m just now realizing the Persian Gulf is another name for it.