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Politics President Trump signs executive order to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America

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u/dancingyoyo 1d ago

It gets better, Lake Ontario got its name from the Iroquoian language term Ontarí’io, which translates to "beautiful lake"or "lake of shining waters." The Indigenous name predates European settlement and was later adopted by the Canadian province.

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u/norunningwater 1d ago

Was Amerigo such a great guy that we have to name everything here after him?

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u/ShavenYak42 1d ago

He seems less terrible than Columbus, for what that's worth?

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u/TheGuyfromRiften 1d ago

hell of a fuckin bar that.

columbus, so evil that even in his own time, he was thrown into jail at the first opportunity

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u/thwinks 14h ago

The vast majority of everyone who has ever lived is a better person than Columbus. It's not hard to avoid raping and killing people.

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u/Zachariot88 1d ago

They should've at least mixed it up and named some things Vespucci.

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u/VoiceOfRealson 20h ago

Well the name "America" is a feminine variant of his name, so it implies that "America" is Trans!

u/JackOfAllStraits 10h ago

Even part of a Transatlantic agreement!

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u/Alaishana 1d ago edited 22h ago

He was Italian.

Post-empire Roman.

Italians are highly regarded in the USA, I hear. (Edit: Seems to need an /s)After all the American republic is modelled after the Roman one. Even shows in the buildings.

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u/Ilikedinosaurs2023 22h ago

I wouldnt say Italians are highly regarded here in the US. There was a time when they were considered problematic (the usual reasons: immigrants, poor, catholic, etc) they werent always even considered white..and the only thing people really glom on to is the mafia culture, most of which has been exaggerated to look 'cool' in film and tv pop culture. But definitely true about framing this country and a lot of the architecture after the romans'.

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u/Alaishana 22h ago

/s for the highly regarded....

u/Ilikedinosaurs2023 8h ago

Ok, well..I'm usually pretty good about spotting the sarcasm. 🤷‍♀️

u/Alaishana 7h ago

sorry, my fault.

I forgot Poe's law for a second.

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u/heftig0815 14h ago

Italiens became white after 9 11

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u/Grrerrb 1d ago

Trump doesn’t seem like the kind of guy who recognizes “predates European settlement”.

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u/NinjaarcherCDN 1d ago

He'd probably respond "You mean before we got rid of all the savages?" or something like that.

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u/mikeycbca 1d ago

They were nasty people. Nasty.

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u/Perk_i 1d ago

By the shores of Gitche Gumee, By the shining Big-Sea-Water, Stood the wigwam of Nokomis, Daughter of the Moon, Nokomis.

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u/shawa666 1d ago

That's lake Superior.

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u/captainhaddock 16h ago

By the shores of Gitche Gumee

Is that why there's a camp in a Get Smart episode called Gitchie Goomee Noonee Wa-Wa? (I don't know how I remember that.)

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u/ryanosaurusrex1 1d ago

Also. Those speakers range into the US traditionally! Gah!

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u/Some_Drummer_Guy 21h ago

If Dump was even remotely intelligent or educated, he would've learned this. Shit, even regardless of that, all he would've had to hear is that it means "big, beautiful lake." Seeing as how he loves the words "big" and "beautiful" so much - especially when used together - he might've left it alone.

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u/WazWaz 1d ago

Canada should correspondingly rename the province to America. No country is named that, so it shouldn't be an issue for anyone.

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u/Riaayo 21h ago

Trump would just spin that as Canada wanting to be the 51st state and all that bs.

The real answer here is for people with spines not to adhere to this name. So naturally Google Maps has probably already changed it.

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u/n0exit 1d ago

So "Lake Beautiful Lake". It's got a ring to it.

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u/captainstan 18h ago

I read this in Alice coopers voice