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The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to CartographyAnarchy@sh.itjust.works · 2 months ago

The United States of Aska

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The United States of Aska

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The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to CartographyAnarchy@sh.itjust.works · 2 months ago
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  • jaybone@lemmy.zip
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    2 months ago

    Now do states that contain “kansas”

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      Fun fact, in Kansas the Arkansas River is pronounced as the “OurKansas” River

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        It’ll soon be called America River, or possibly Trump River.

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          With drought brought on by climate change, it’ll probably just be “Diarrhea Creek.”

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            2 months ago

            Schitt’s Creek

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      2 months ago

      Arrrrrr…

    • reader@lemmy.zip
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      2 months ago

      Alakansas and Nebraskansas

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      ARKANSAS

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    Apparently, completely different etymologies. “Alaska” comes from Russian. “Nebraska” comes from a language native to North America.

    • https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Alaska#Etymology
    • https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Nebraska#Etymology
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      My favorite is Idaho, which comes from the Bullshitian word which roughly translates to “Congress is stupid gullible”

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idaho#Etymology

      In the early 1860s, when the U.S. Congress was considering organizing a new territory around Pikes Peak in the Rocky Mountains, the name “Idaho” was popular among the Congressional committee, as they believed it to be derived from a Shoshone term meaning “gem of the mountains.” Realizing in January 1861 the name was quite possibly a fabrication and not Native American at all, the U.S. Congress ultimately decided to name the area Colorado Territory when it was created. But, by the time this decision was made in February 1861, the town of Idaho Springs, Colorado had already been named after their early frontrunner for a name, Idaho.

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    How is this map terrible? It looks completely factual to me. It’s even missing New Zealand. Perfect map, 5/7, would buy again.

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    What about Arizaska and New Hampshaska?

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      Everyone always forgets Virginaska

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        You’re either Indiaska or Againstdiaska.

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    Kentukaska? Alabaska? Washinaska? USAska? Trumposaska? Sasaska? Dozens of them!

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    I love the little guy on our map that is making kentucky fried chicken

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      Gotta give it up to Louisiana for being boot shaped, really ties the whole thing together

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        half filled with water.

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    I… I don’t know how to feel about this…

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    and the capital city of ‘aska’ is in neither one. it’s onalaska, wisconsin

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