Gulf watch

[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.

[jon-nyc]

@George-K said in Gulf watch:

(It's pedantry Friday)

I may be wrong but the only large body of water named after a nation is the Indian Ocean.

Sea of Japan
Philippine Sea
East China Sea
South China Sea
Persian Gulf
Norwegian Sea
English Channel

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in Gulf watch:

@George-K said in Gulf watch:

(It's pedantry Friday)

I may be wrong but the only large body of water named after a nation is the Indian Ocean.

Sea of Japan
Philippine Sea
East China Sea
South China Sea
Persian Gulf
Norwegian Sea
English Channel

OK - I was wrong in that assumption.

ETA: AND I hadn't had my coffee yet. So there's that.

[jon-nyc]

Fair excuse.

[Copper]

https://www.blue-growth.org/Oceans_Rivers_Seas/Index_Oceans_Seas_Bays_Gulfs_Of_The_World_ A_To_Z_Lists.htm

[Doctor Phibes]

There's also the Irish Sea, Gulf of Guinea, Mozambique Channel, Arabian Sea, Gulf of Thailand, The Great Australian Bight, Tasman Sea....

I'm sure there's more

[George K]

You guys are a bunch of assholes.

Hell, there's a body of water in my condo - The Toilet Bowl of George.

[Wim]

I'm pretty sure nobody wants to rename that body of water

[George K]

[Copper]

I think that is exactly why he did this.

Throw a bone to msnbc, so they ignore the stuff he wants them to ignore.

[taiwan_girl]

@jon-nyc said in Gulf watch:

@George-K said in Gulf watch:

(It's pedantry Friday)

I may be wrong but the only large body of water named after a nation is the Indian Ocean.

Sea of Japan
Philippine Sea
East China Sea
South China Sea
Persian Gulf
Norwegian Sea
English Channel

Dont forget the Strait of Taiwan!

[taiwan_girl]

@George-K said in Gulf watch:

We live in the United States of America.

I think it would be reasonable to name it "Gulf of The Americas". It does cover Central America also.

Or we could call it the "Gulf of the United States". Mexico official name is "United Mexican States" so it would work for them also. LOL

[Mik]

@Copper said in Gulf watch:

I think that is exactly why he did this.

Throw a bone to msnbc, so they ignore the stuff he wants them to ignore.

That's my suspicion too. We used to do it all the time in contracts - put something ridiculous in there you know they will reject and it makes it easier to keep what you really wanted.

[jon-nyc]

Google said it would change the Gulf of Mexico to “Gulf of America” for users inside the United States once the Interior Department officially changes what it calls the body of water in its official naming system.
People in Mexico will continue to see the Gulf of Mexico name, while those outside both countries will see both names, Google said Monday in a post on X.

[Copper]

Kind of like Peking.

[Doctor Phibes]

@jon-nyc said in Gulf watch:

Google said Monday in a post on X.

I still call it Twitter.

[Renauda]

I refer to that Ottoman occupied city as Constantinople.

[George K]

@Renauda said in Gulf watch:

I refer to that Ottoman occupied city as Constantinople.

LOL. So do I.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istanbul_(Not_Constantinople)

[89th]

@jon-nyc said in Gulf watch:

I’ll check on this every week or so.

[Horace]

I've never been swimming in the Gulf of America, but when I went to the beach on the Gulf of Mexico and swam around, I got a fungal ear infection. I double that'll be a problem anymore.