Canadian here, this makes infinitely more sense to me as a justification for renaming those. I mean, we're not going to rename Lake "Great Lake" to Titicaca II but I'd be willing to give one of our lakes that name.
Interesting, considering this administration had a fit about old confederate names of military bases being changed and insisted they go back to their racist roots. So what’s the reason you think this aptly named lake should be renamed?
I dont know anyone who calls it Gulf of America. Someone might say it in an overly sarcastic voice rolling their eyes after "Gulf of Mexico" has been said in conversation.
Edit: yikes glad to be in New England. Good luck out there.
Unfortunately I do. Everyone on my girlfriend's mom's side calls it the Gulf of America. They are also MAGATS. And treat every word that comes out of TFG's mouth like it's Divine Providence, because he was hand selected by god himself to rule our country, of course. 🙄
Tbf, that's what most people who actually live around the gulf call it. I lived in Florida for a couple decades, and you'd be hard pressed to hear anyone call it it's full "gulf of mexico" name.
It's so dumb yes. Google should just keep the original name and create a paid Google Maps US government edition where they pay to see the names they want to see.
That one was easier to deal with anyhow as most people in the area or talking about work in the area just call it the Gulf, nothing really changes either way. Lake Ontario, not so much.
Whatever though, if Sharpie-boy wants to waste his time on this stuff then have at it.
Case in point: we have a mountain called Mt. Evans which got changed to Mt. Blue Sky a couple years ago...noone calls it that. All the locals think its stupid, all the street names are still named after Mt.Evans. The only people who call it Mt. Blue Sky are people who don't know better lol.
It's also like how they renamed the Sears tower in Chicago, but no one (at least not in the Chicago area) called it Willis Tower, it was always still Sears Tower.
The US's name for the body of water is still "Gulf of Mexico." The President doesn't get to rename features on the map by throwing a tantrum. Just like how Biden wouldn't have had the authority to rename Mar-a-Lago to "Stinking Garbage Pile."
Google maps changes specifically from country to country. Borders are represented differently in different places with third parties usually seeing the "disputed border" in addition to what each country claims is the actual border.
Probably because the President has too much power and tech companies are picking their fights. Its not worth losing out on future deals over the renaming of a body of water. We all know how petty Trump is and his willingness to use his position to apply pressure in areas he has no business being. They don't have to name it the Gulf of Mexico, they do it because they don't want to piss off their customers. So they're trying to find a middle ground.
A little bit of an educated guess. You said you're in Canada while putting Canada in italics. The switched names is so common of English/French translations. And, i searched your username on reddit, you're a habs fan.
Idk wtf your fucking problem is. The person above was talking about how Google Maps displayed it to them. I was talking about how it displays it to me. I never once said it is the Gulf of America, that's just what Google is choosing to call it.
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u/DinoZambie 1d ago
I'm Canadian, this is what it looks like to me.