• @RagingRobot
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    159 months ago

    It’s weird they went with new instead of better. Maybe they weren’t very optimistic.

    • NoSpiritAnimal
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      109 months ago

      Better York

      Less Crappy Orleans

      Marginally Improved Haven

      • @InternetCitizen2
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        69 months ago

        Or more accurately Great Britain should just be OK Britain.

        • @bizarrocullen
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          29 months ago

          Fun fact: Britain was called great to differentiate it from ‘little’ or ‘lesser’ Britain, with theories go between Ireland and Brittany

    • @Pipoca
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      59 months ago

      Sometimes in colonial America, people named things in honor a Duke who funded/controlled the place.

      For example, after NY was captured from the Dutch, it was a proprietary colony of the Duke of York.

      Better York sounds like it’s just antagonistic towards the guy.