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[-] nxdefiant@startrek.website 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

After they were actually American, they resorted to "What it was called by the people who lived here first, but pronounced wrong"

[-] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 5 points 8 months ago

Hey, that's just not true. Sure, the name of my state is Wisconsin, but we also have names based on "What it was called by the French, but pronounced wrong," like Beloit ("buh-loit"), Butte des Morts ("boo-da-more"), and Lac Courte Oreilles ("la-coo-der-ray").

[-] lugal@lemmy.ml 0 points 8 months ago

who lived here first

Sounds like they still live here. And sounds like they were a homogeneous mass. There were differnt cultures living together and to choose a word they used, is a nice gesture, but still it was the whites who decided which one to pick

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