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Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by jacquesm on Saturday January 03, 2026 @12:45PM (#46479411)
Maybe Colombia could swoop in and abduct Trump... This world is getting crazier by the hour.
Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by goatlover on Saturday January 03, 2026 @03:18PM (#46481093)
Well Columbia, Mexico and Cuba have been threatened by the Trump administration since Maduro was taken.
Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by moralestapia on Saturday January 03, 2026 @06:20PM (#46482836)
Colombia. It's not that difficult, @goatlover.
Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by quesera on Saturday January 03, 2026 @11:01PM (#46484750)
To be fair, the English names for all other places named after Cristoforo Colombo use the English spelling for Christopher Columbus. It might be difficult to remember the (locally-less common) exception.

And our primitive spell checkers often cannot deduce from context, as there are many, perhaps most cases, where Columbia is the most-likely correct rendition. Even if we transcend our own difficulties, Siri might defeat us.

You are correct that the correct English spelling for Colombia is Colombia, and surely it is problematic to localize a foreign country's name.

So please reciprocally acknowledge receipt of our formal request for Colombians to stop calling the USA "EE. UU.", "Estados Unidos de América", and all other such indignities. :)