Re:Macedonia Agrees to Change Its Name to End Bitter Dispute...
by AnimalMuppet on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @08:14PM
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The official name of the country is The United States Of America. But that's too long for day-to-day use, so we need a shorter name. What do you want us to use?
America? We get all these howls of protest, but what do you like better?
United States? To call us that has the same problem. It's kind of unfair to the United Mexican States, don't you think?
That leaves "The" and "Of". But we can't call ourselves those, because of The Dominion Of Canada.
The short name for The United States Of America is "America". It just is. And we don't particularly care whether you like it or not.
"The Boston states", if I understand correctly, does not refer to the entirety of the USA, but only to New England (Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut - the states that center on Boston).
America? We get all these howls of protest, but what do you like better?
United States? To call us that has the same problem. It's kind of unfair to the United Mexican States, don't you think?
That leaves "The" and "Of". But we can't call ourselves those, because of The Dominion Of Canada.
The short name for The United States Of America is "America". It just is. And we don't particularly care whether you like it or not.
"The Boston states", if I understand correctly, does not refer to the entirety of the USA, but only to New England (Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut - the states that center on Boston).