JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 days agoSince America's namesake Amerigo Vespucci was an immigrant, what should the United States of America be renamed to? (no wrong answers)message-squaremessage-square110fedilinkarrow-up1213arrow-down18
arrow-up1205arrow-down1message-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 · 11 days agomessage-square110fedilink
minus-squareTug@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·11 days agoWhatever the Cherokee word for “stolen land” is.
minus-squareI Cast Fist@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·11 days agoTruly the English specialty: stealing stuff from other people.
minus-squareBdtrngl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·11 days 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-up7·11 days agoToo big to fit English ships you mean ;)
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 days agoOr, you know, the thousands of other languages that existed. Sorry, distilling everything indigenous down to the Cherokee is a pet peeve of mine.
Whatever the Cherokee word for “stolen land” is.
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 ;)
Or, you know, the thousands of other languages that existed.
Sorry, distilling everything indigenous down to the Cherokee is a pet peeve of mine.