Gulf watch

[Renauda]

@Doctor-Phibes

[89th]

@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.

[Doctor Phibes]

St. Petersburg, FL could be renamed New Leningrad.

[jon-nyc]

It’s Florida so just Leninsville.

[Mik]

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

[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.

[89th]

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

[Mik]

@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!

[Doctor Phibes]

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

[LuFins Dad]

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

[Renauda]

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.

[Copper]

Names change, it's ok.

[jon-nyc]

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

[Copper]

And rename China to West Hawaii

[jon-nyc]

Or maybe Covidastan.

[George K]

[taiwan_girl]

@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.

[Renauda]

@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.

[Axtremus]

Just call it Trump Gulf and be done with it.

[George K]

(It's pedantry Friday)

"America" is not a a country. There are two continents, North and South, called "America." I may be wrong but the only large body of water named after a nation is the Indian Ocean.

We live in the United States of America.