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  • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

    My guess is they’ll wait until the US Geological Survey officially changes the name.

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    @jon-nyc said in Gulf watch:

    My guess is they’ll wait until the US Geological Survey officially changes the name.

    Or possibly until America's more serious problems have all been solved. So, maybe 2026?

    I was only joking

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    • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

      @jon-nyc said in Gulf watch:

      My guess is they’ll wait until the US Geological Survey officially changes the name.

      Or possibly until America's more serious problems have all been solved. So, maybe 2026?

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      Renauda
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      @Doctor-Phibes

      😆

      Elbows up!

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      • CopperC Copper

        @jon-nyc said in Gulf watch:

        Europeans named it the Gulf of Mexico

        Europeans?

        Maybe the Europeans who came by way of the Alaskan land bridge about 15,000 years ago.

        The name "Mexico" originates from the Nahuatl (Aztec) word "Mēxihco," which is believed to mean "the place of Mexi" or "the navel of the moon," referring to the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan's location on an island in Lake Texcoco, which was seen as the center of the world by the indigenous people; "Mexi" is thought to be related to the Aztec war god, Mexitli, who is associated with the moon.

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        @Copper said in Gulf watch:

        @jon-nyc said in Gulf watch:

        Europeans named it the Gulf of Mexico

        Europeans?

        Maybe the Europeans who came by way of the Alaskan land bridge about 15,000 years ago.

        The name "Mexico" originates from the Nahuatl (Aztec) word "Mēxihco," which is believed to mean "the place of Mexi" or "the navel of the moon," referring to the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan's location on an island in Lake Texcoco, which was seen as the center of the world by the indigenous people; "Mexi" is thought to be related to the Aztec war god, Mexitli, who is associated with the moon.

        Nah, the Spaniards named it the Gulf of Mexico after they whooped up on the Aztecs but I guess felt bad enough to let them keep their name on the body of water.

        Personally I'd rename it to Hurricane Alley.

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          St. Petersburg, FL could be renamed New Leningrad.

          I was only joking

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            It’s Florida so just Leninsville.

            Only non-witches get due process.

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              We have a national debt of x trillion dollars. The name of the Gulf is not a national priority.

              “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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              • MikM Mik

                We have a national debt of x trillion dollars. The name of the Gulf is not a national priority.

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                @Mik said in Gulf watch:

                We have a national debt of x trillion dollars. The name of the Gulf is not a national priority.

                I don't think renaming it, detracts from other priorities.

                Education is extremely important.

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                  Could kill two birds by selling the naming rights. For example, for $1 billion it could be Gulf of Pepsi.

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                  • HoraceH Horace

                    @Mik said in Gulf watch:

                    We have a national debt of x trillion dollars. The name of the Gulf is not a national priority.

                    I don't think renaming it, detracts from other priorities.

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                    @Horace said in Gulf watch:

                    @Mik said in Gulf watch:

                    We have a national debt of x trillion dollars. The name of the Gulf is not a national priority.

                    I don't think renaming it, detracts from other priorities.

                    I think that is exactly what it is intended to do. Look over here! No, don't look over THERE!

                    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                      Sure, food still costs a bloody fortune, but hey, I renamed something after AMERICA!

                      I was only joking

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                        So glad everyone is focused on this rather than the other stuff…

                        The Brad

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                          #24

                          Trump along with his discipleship are welcome to call the Gulf of Mexico whatever it wants or, as in this case, decrees. He ought not however claim the US being treated unfairly, when the rest of the world continues to refer to it as the Gulf of Mexico.

                          Elbows up!

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                            Names change, it's ok.

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                              I propose we rename the South China Sea the West Philippines Sea.

                              Only non-witches get due process.

                              • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                And rename China to West Hawaii

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                                  Or maybe Covidastan.

                                  Only non-witches get due process.

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                                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                    • CopperC Copper

                                      And rename China to West Hawaii

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                                      @Copper said in Gulf watch:

                                      And rename China to West Hawaii

                                      There was some memes going around Taiwan to refer to people from mainland China to be from West Taiwan.

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                                      • CopperC Copper

                                        Names change, it's ok.

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                                        @Copper said in Gulf watch:

                                        Names change, it's ok.

                                        Glad you feel that way. I can think of a few times in past I’ve changed your name on this forum.

                                        Elbows up!

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                                          Just call it Trump Gulf and be done with it.

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