Comment on Mexican President Threatens to Sue Google Over 'Gulf of America' Label on Maps.

keropoktasen@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• HandBash@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I thought it was called North America?

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  • keropoktasen@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeah, “America”.

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• kandoh@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Following your logic Lake Michigan should be renamed Lake America. There’s a bunch of lakes up there, do they all get renamed Lake of America? Seems confusing!

  Here’s a list of all the gulfs in the Americas:

  North America

  1. Gulf of Mexico
  2. Gulf of Alaska
  3. Gulf of California (Sea of Cortes)
  4. Gulf of St. Lawrence
  5. Gulf of Honduras
  6. Gulf of Panama
  7. Gulf of Tehuantepec

  Central and South America

  8. Gulf of Darien (Colombia and Panama)
  9. Gulf of Venezuela
  10. Gulf of Guayaquil (Ecuador)

  Following your logic, they’re all badly named because that’s just named after the region they’re in, not the content.

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  • keropoktasen@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Not badly named, I just don’t see anything wrong renaming it to the Gulf of America. It’s like renaming the South China Sea to South East Asia Sea.

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• dukethorion@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Whoa, fella, you can’t apply logic and reasoning around here.

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  • keropoktasen@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    True, lol.

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