• letsgo@lemm.ee
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    9 days ago

    Well that’s OK. It’s not uncommon for different countries to name bits of land and water differently from everyone else. Take Germany for example. The locals call it Deutschland. The French call it Allemagne. Or there are the Falklands, known by the argybargies as Las Malvinas. If Donny McFart in North Mexico wants to call that bit of water the Freedom Gulf or whatever then good for him! As long as he realises it works both ways.

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        As slurs go it’s pretty low tier. A bit like the French calling the English “rosbifs”, if they even still do that.