Encyclopædia Britannica will continue to use ‘Gulf of Mexico’ for a few reasons:
-We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S.
-The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous.
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-We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S.
-The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous.
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But it’s important to note the distinction between international and domestic areas.
But it’s important to note the distinction between people who use the term the ‘Gulf of America’ who may very well be gullible morons, and people who still call it ‘Gulf of Mexico’ who are largely normal.
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Just as we did in 2015 when President Barack Obama changed the name of 'McKinley' to ‘Denali.’
They just want to legally assault the ground again anyway, that's the only reason
Like changing the name of the corporation so you can rehire everyone you just fired for doing illegal biz
Thank you Britannia for your reasonableness
-Michigan
Love the map. Don't love the reasons we're looking at it 🫤
Always had a set of Britannica's in my house.
As you can imagine, my middle son never read them. Though he did often hit his younger brother with Book 4 ("C"), as it was the heaviest of the 1956 junior set.
Say gold.
…I realize anew just how difficult it would be to scout out & properly plot an area…
…when you don’t have the ability to fly over it, get pictures from space, etc!
It's just dumb... like Trump.
"New North Wales"
😁😁😁
https://bsky.app/profile/dsyme.bsky.social/post/3li4xl257yc2h
Indigenous folks have had names for these places for millennia & those names ARE STILL the original place names for them.
Mexico, Texas, Tennessee, Cheaspeake, Illinois, Connecticut, Kentucky, Kansas…
Thank you for educating the masses on Felon 47’s ridiculous attempt to rename geography.
We are the proud stewards of three complete sets of the E.B. Two are the cherished 1911 editions.
PS - E.B. deserves its own gif!
Decline public charge states chartered after 1789 to Protectorate status: no Senators, one Shadow in Congress.
Reunite Louisiana.
At most, one Dakota.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Chipewyan
Bravo. 👏
https://www.usgs.gov/us-board-on-geographic-names/guidance-name-proposals#2:~:text=10.%20How%20long%20does%20the%20naming%20process%20take%3F%C2%A0
It’s pathetic how much mental real estate Trump has dedicated to President Obama—his obsession reeks of both a personal and political inferiority complex.
Besides the Orange Felon has never heard of it.
https://www.usgs.gov/us-board-on-geographic-names
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1889723591949795671.html
Time to send a message.
Tim Cook at Apple dot com
This is a published address, spelled out to avoid the bots.
Apple is not even here.
My 1st mobile phone was Nokia. :)
So - the name is already taken.
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https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/...
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF12881
Thank you!
Thank you!
Never bow to a madman dictator.
PEACE IS WAR
THIS GULF IS AMERICA'S
How long has it been called La Manche?
https://www.usgs.gov/us-board-on-geographic-names/guidance-name-proposals
I guess they have the authority to call it Gulf of Mexico, much as the Malvinas are called Falkland by the British, or the multiple names off the Everest. And that is exactly the same problem
The app's satellite imaging is a bit out of date, but it looks like things are named correctly. :-)
Integrity is not lost!!
However: Trump renaming—an over 400 year old name—of a body of water is not ambiguous, it's irrelevant because the name remains...'Gulf of Mexico'.
Trump's litany of idiocy will be reversed in 4 yrs time; that's if he doesn't completely wreck the 'United' States in 4 yrs.
EVERY DAMN THING HE DOES THEY TREAT AS LEGITIMATE.
Fact check
Not sure he's wrong there, but the principal is sound. And that just got you another follower.
Fixed your typo.
by the trump regime is their version
of sieg heil!"
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/denmark-should-buy-california-petition-trump-greenland-rcna191806
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/california-secession-donald-trump-calexit-marcus-ruiz-evans-b2686440.html
I'm sorry to the rest of the world for the 77M who voted for the orange felon.
Will look at them with pride, on the bookshelf.
And it will always be the Gulf of Mexico - Another American
I just pulled out the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica I have to see what is said. Here is the entry for the Gulf Stream (the Gulf of Mexico did not have its own entry).
It will ALWAYS be the Gulf of Mexico.
Trump doesn’t speak for us.
He only speaks for his cult.
https://bsky.app/profile/blueskysilvia.bsky.social/post/3licugkfqnk2h
I'm sorry you're getting it in the neck. Some people don't seem to grasp that Trump 2.0 is a threat to people both inside and outside the US. All decent, fair-minded people need to ally with each other, not fight.
Keep safe.
But it's late to speak about that. Save yourself and the whole world with the direct action or join the russia-china-iran-north corea club.
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I still call the RFK Bridge the Triboro Bridge and the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel the Battery Tunnel Because that’s how I know them. I have nothing Shriner RFK or Hugh Carey, by the way.