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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] 41 points 1 week ago (5 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 week 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.

[–] d00phy 5 points 1 week ago

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

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