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Trump signs order to rename Gulf of Mexico and Alaska’s Denali (www.theguardian.com)
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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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[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 days ago (4 children)

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.
[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 days ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

That's going to be a headache for the Mexican ambassador and visa versa.

[–] d00phy 5 points 3 days ago

Was going to say, it will ABSOLUTELY be required in Florida. I will be shocked is DeSantis isn’t signing that bill soon!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

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.