Comment by bwanab
1 day ago
Most Americans refer to their country as 'the U.S.'. The people I most hear referring to it as 'America' are Brits.
1 day ago
Most Americans refer to their country as 'the U.S.'. The people I most hear referring to it as 'America' are Brits.
Too bad that MUSGA never caught on then.
Gulf of America, Lake America, ...
This wasn't done by 'most Americans'
What’s the problem? We took nationalist names (Mexico, Ontario) and used the hemisphere appropriate term. If anything we’re more culturally progressive for doing it.
See? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49575360
Were not Americans, we are United Statesians!
Lake Ontario wasn't a "nationalist" name. It's an anglicised version of the Wyandot name for the lake. The Canadian province is named after the lake, not the other way around.
Don't be a ghoul.
1 reply →