return2ozma@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 days agoTrump signs executive order to rename Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’www.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square46linkfedilinkarrow-up1210arrow-down17
arrow-up1203arrow-down1external-linkTrump signs executive order to rename Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’www.nbcnews.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 days agomessage-square46linkfedilink
minus-squareNatakuNox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·24 days agoAlso. Ontario is just a Native American word for Big/Large Lake. So he’s made the name somehow less American than before.
minus-squareRockBottom@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·24 days agoWell, to begin with, America is a misnomer anyway, since Americo Vespucci was regarded to have discovered by way of a misunderstanding.
Also. Ontario is just a Native American word for Big/Large Lake. So he’s made the name somehow less American than before.
Well, to begin with, America is a misnomer anyway, since Americo Vespucci was regarded to have discovered by way of a misunderstanding.
That’s my point.