Apologies. This might not be the perfect community for the post.

  • @larsOP
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    98 months ago

    And in the US, there’s definitely a subset that believes England means Great Britain or even the United Kingdom.

    Same folks that referred to the entire USSR as Russia, probs.

      • Bob
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        8 months ago

        Using any country’s capital as shorthand for its current government is a common form of metonymy to be fair!

        • @larsOP
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          48 months ago

          That’s one of my favorite nyms

      • GreatAlbatross
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        48 months ago

        And there are plenty of people in russia who think everything that was ever USSR should be russia.

        • Echo Dot
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          It’s basically the same argument Argentina has about the Falkland Islands. When Argentina was part of the Spanish empire the Falkland Islands were part of the empire, not that the Spanish did anything with the islands. But at no time in history has Argentina existed as an independent country and has had ownership of the islands.

      • @larsOP
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        28 months ago

        & vers vicea