JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agoSince America's namesake Amerigo Vespucci was an immigrant, what should the United States of America be renamed to? (no wrong answers)message-squaremessage-square159fedilinkarrow-up1351
arrow-up1351message-squareSince America's namesake Amerigo Vespucci was an immigrant, what should the United States of America be renamed to? (no wrong answers)JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square159fedilink
minus-squareTug@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up54·1 month agoWhatever the Cherokee word for “stolen land” is.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·1 month agoOr, you know, the thousands of other languages that existed. Sorry, distilling everything indigenous down to the Cherokee is a pet peeve of mine.
minus-squareI Cast Fist@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 month agoTruly the English specialty: stealing stuff from other people.
minus-squareBdtrngl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·1 month agoWhat’s the only reason the pyramids are still in Egypt? They’re too big to fit in the British museum.
minus-squareI Cast Fist@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 month agoToo big to fit English ships you mean ;)
minus-squareI Cast Fist@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·30 days agoThey did, then Britain came along and pulled a deepseek on them :)
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·29 days agoIt was America at the time They had a whole revolutionary war over Britain blocking their expansion
Whatever the Cherokee word for “stolen land” is.
Or, you know, the thousands of other languages that existed.
Sorry, distilling everything indigenous down to the Cherokee is a pet peeve of mine.
https://indigamerica.removed/
Truly the English specialty: stealing stuff from other people.
What’s the only reason the pyramids are still in Egypt? They’re too big to fit in the British museum.
Too big to fit English ships you mean ;)
Spain owned more
They did, then Britain came along and pulled a deepseek on them :)
It was America at the time
They had a whole revolutionary war over Britain blocking their expansion