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Gulf of Mexico to be called Gulf of America, and Denali, highest North American peak, reverts to Mount McKinley
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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:
- Iran calls Persian Gulf, Saudi Arabia calls Arabian Gulf.
- Japan calls Sea of Japan, South Korea calls East Sea.
- There are also numerous name disputes involving China.
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.
Was going to say, it will ABSOLUTELY be required in Florida. I will be shocked is DeSantis isn’t signing that bill soon!
That’s going to be a headache for the Mexican ambassador and visa versa.
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.
It will not be called by any other name besides Gulf of Mexico.
I wonder if Türkiye has any comments on that…
This is so stupid.
Instead of actually helping Americans, he is just renaming shit. What a complete waste of DNA he is.
Identity politics.
If you asked 100 Americans who support this change to point to it on a globe, every single one of them would fail.
Nah, there’s plenty of people in Florida.
Where’s that department of efficiency?
The all new 2025 GMC Sierra
DenaliMount McKinley. Comes with a MAGA flag and lifetime McDonald’s subscription.Freedom fries all over again. 🙄 Think I’ll make some French fries and French toast while I look at photos of the Gulf of Mexico.
I’ve decided to pay as little attention to the news as possible, since I can’t do much about it anyway. But I believe I heard that the continent is now called Mexican America? Imma go with that.
