Oh dear, Musk has opened his gob again, and the world has rolled its eyes. This time, he's suggested renaming the English Channel the George Washington Channel. (According to Google maps theirs a few pubs, a hotel, and a bus stop by the same name in England)
Now, by sheer coincidence, in another of my great questions, I was discussing the English channel with a few GAG members. One of whom pointed out the French call it, "La Manche," which means "the sleeve."
Other European countries follow the French nomenclature, Canale della Manica (Italian), Canal de la Mancha (Spanish). To be awkward, we Welshies call it Môr Udd (The Lord's sea)
There's no international agreement on what you call places. America is perfectly entitled to call it the George Washington Channel on THEIR maps. However, one British politician has come forward with the Eisenhower channel after the war time General.
It's not unusual for countries to rename things within their own borders as the result of public pressure, but are we now heading towards a global renaming war? Names we settled on centuries ago scrapped and replaced with derogatory ones or in our own honour. Will we see a global tit for tat as leaders spit their dummies out of their prams and keep the cartographers busy?
This is just another example of the childishness of the right wing. Instead of doing something that makes sense, such as calling something by an agreed upon name, they want to rename it as a means to exert control and authority over other people by forcing them to use THEIR name of things.
Freedom fries, Gulf of America, George Washington Channel or whatever else they are trying to put their influence on.
It is a pathetic attempt to exert power often used by truly small-minded people. Small dick energy if you will.
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I am currently reading The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappé, who was born in Haifa, Israel, to a family of Ashkenazi Jews. His parents were German Jews who had fled Nazi persecution in the 1930s.
I doubt if many people are aware that, beginning in 1947, Israel has systematically slaughtered and driven Palestinians from their cities and villages, then given those places "Hebrew-sounding" names with the goal of erasing Palestinian history.
They even take traditional Palestinian goods and foods and call them Israeli, as if those Eastern European colonists invented them.
Renaming places and things is an act of colonialism and cultural appropriation.
Feminists can whine about cultural erasure and the importance of tradition, but we all know their real agenda. They fear the loss of their precious female-centric narratives, where they desperately try to rewrite history to make themselves seem like more than just conniving, sex-hungry vixens. The "English Channel" is a name that conjures memories of Queen Elizabeth's vagina. Renaming a body of water after a great man like Washington, on the contrary, will be a bold reminder of the superior patriarchal foundations that built the world we live in.
The French call it The Sleeve and a sleeve is a name for a condom and the most popular condom in the UK is the Durex Real Feel so that should be the new name, “The Durex Real Feel“ and charge them for the naming it that like stadiums in the US have company names as paid for advertising.
Gulf of America is reasonable. It isn't just a Mexican gulf but of the whole continent and it shows a country like Mexico, who is ignoring the massive immigration-invasions of illegal migrants, criminals and drug gangs from their country into the US, who's boss. Renaming the English channel isn't reasonable. It isn't more complicated than that but of course people go and make a hen out of a feather with wild outbursts of "oh then let's do this and that and that and this" just so they have something to complain about against Trump.
I think the 13 American original colonies: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia could be renamed LIBERTY. Dispense with New England. And forget about the Confederacy.
Oh, so renaming things is suddenly an international crisis? Where was this outrage when liberals erased history by renaming schools, military bases, and sports teams to fit their woke agenda? Funny how it's 'ridiculous' only when Elon Musk suggests it. Try debating instead of using sarcasm to dodge the hypocrisy.
the name of my property is redbud farm. However since my Irish Setter likes it out there so much I have been thinking of changing the name to Irish Farms. Then I can sell the milk and butter as Irish milk and Irish butter, right? lol
It definitely seems like there's a growing trend of reevaluating names, monuments, and traditions tied to historical figures or events, especially as social awareness evolves. The debate over renaming can spark a lot of strong emotions—some feel it's a necessary step toward progress, while others see it as erasing history. It’s a fine balance between honoring history and moving forward in a way that’s inclusive. What’s your take on this?
Well the rest of the world should call the Atlantic the British Ocean and the China sea extended all the way to the American continent and called the China Ocean.
Name it after the nation with the most ships on it at some point in time or the most number of ships under it. Even the country with the largest population touching it.
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