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Not sure this falls flat or worse. It’s the Gulf of Mexico. That’s it. Nothing else. Not even a conversation. “It is what it is”
I think it's just making the point that anyone can name anything whatever they want, but it doesn't change what people call it. Obviously Trump thinks he's God so he probably actually thinks something has happened as a result of his declaration.
The stupid thing is every country and every language has always had different words for the same places.
The French don't call it France.
The French don’t call it France.
What does this mean?
France is a pretty weird example because most French people do call it France. But technically the country is République français, or the French Republic.
But a better example would be Germany; it's natively called Deutschland and dozens of languages call it Allemagne or variants of that. Both Germany and Allemagne are historical names we haven't moved on from, even though the actual country has.
That's true of a number of places, here are two I'm familiar with:
- Japan = Nippon
- Korea = HanGuk (Korea comes from an old state, Goryeo, that ended... >600 years ago, when Joseon took over)
Well they call it Français, not France