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martin butler

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Oh dear, has someone lost their dummy again, and is throwing a paddy, I've got friends who are American, but live here now, and have done for several years, and they say they are just embarrassed now by what their home country has become.
 

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While it's all a bit petty, it is not a unique example of a dispute placenames. The Gulf Of Mexico vs Gulf of America being the other particularly petty one.

But then we have Derry vs Londonderry, the Falkland Islands vs Malvina, the Persian Gulf vs Arabian Gulf, etc.

Egotistical leaders just love trying to assert dominance with this sort of thing, even if it's not to actually claim sovereignty over additional territory.

Maps apps should really be more consistent though. Google Maps has "Derry/Londonderry" as one styling and "Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)" as another. I'm not sure if there's a particular reason one uses a slash and the other brackets.
 

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While it's all a bit petty, it is not a unique example of a dispute placenames. The Gulf Of Mexico vs Gulf of America being the other particularly petty one.

But then we have Derry vs Londonderry, the Falkland Islands vs Malvina, the Persian Gulf vs Arabian Gulf, etc.

Egotistical leaders just love trying to assert dominance with this sort of thing, even if it's not to actually claim sovereignty over additional territory.

Maps apps should really be more consistent though. Google Maps has "Derry/Londonderry" as one styling and "Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)" as another. I'm not sure if there's a particular reason one uses a slash and the other brackets.

The French don't call it 'The English Channel' ...
 

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Wasn't there an executive order signed early last year to state that the USA's official language was English.

Strange then that the orange one's Florida retreat still has its Spanish name.
 

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Lake Ontario is now Lake America. It's nice to know that he's getting his priorities right.
That one made me chuckle. As the Orange Cockwomble claimed, all it took was a map, a pen and someone with intelligence.

This coming from a person, who in regular interviews, has claimed to be a genius, but cannot spell the word 'genius' correctly. :rolleyes:
 
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That one made me chuckle. As the Orange Cockwomble claimed, all it took was a map, a pen and someone with intelligence.

This coming from a person, who in regular interviews, has claimed to be a genius, but cannot spell the word 'genius' correctly. :rolleyes:

No problem. He could tell the Secretary of Education that all schools have to teach spelling the same way that he spells.
 

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His next quote will be something along the lines of, "They really love me Iran,, they said i can visit Tehran any time I want",
They say the view of Tehran from a fifth-floor window is quite something.
Education, who needs education, I didn't get any, and I became your first dictator, well they did try, but I'm too stupid DJT.
Alleged he got someone else to do his education for him.
 

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