Lake Ontario ("Lake America")

ben_w wrote: post #4

karussell wrote: post #2

See: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/1206310 name:en=Lake Ontario vs. official_name:en-US=Lake America

Makes me wonder, has North Korea or Iran made an equivalent declaration about naming the USA "사탄의 겨드랑이" or "زیر بغل شیطان"? (Google Translate from "Satan's armpit"). I mean, if temper tantrums by the supreme executive are allowed and all.

Or a future president renaming Mar-a-lago as Epstein's Resort... this opens the door to all kinds of petty behavior.

Re: Lake Ontario ("Lake America")

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Post by drooopy » Tue, Sep 01, 2026, 11:50 AM UTC

abirch wrote: post #5

cebert wrote: post #3

I apologize to my Canadian friends. This is embarrassing.

This is Idiocracy the movie IRL. I can't wait for plants to need electrolytes.

In the meantime, might I interest you in some protein water?

Re: Lake Ontario ("Lake America")

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Post by lokipumper » Tue, Sep 01, 2026, 11:51 AM UTC

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Re: Lake Ontario ("Lake America")

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Post by pfdietz » Tue, Sep 01, 2026, 11:54 AM UTC

cebert wrote: post #3

I apologize to my Canadian friends. This is embarrassing.

Yes, but it's also Trump and the GOP self-immolating. November is going to be a historic electoral wipeout.

I expect the next administration will push through some laws limiting this sort of idiocy.

Re: Lake Ontario ("Lake America")

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Post by fallingfrog » Tue, Sep 01, 2026, 11:55 AM UTC

Pretty sure lake Ontario was named after the native people who lived on its shores, not after the Canadian province. I suppose, lake Michigan and lake Huron are the same. Perhaps we can name them all lake America.