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The 'OG' online map platform, MapQuest, says it won't change the name of Lake Ontario
(www.businessinsider.com)
this post was submitted on 28 Aug 2026
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Someone forgot about the GuLf Of AmErIcA already
Didn't forget. Name never changed
Except that it was for over 300 million people
No it wasn't. Executive orders don't have the authority to change the names of jack shit.
Even post offices need a fucking Congressional bill to change their name.
I didn't forget, but I'm pretty sure Trump has. I don't think he's talked about it in quite a while. I've never heard anybody actually call it the Gulf of America, and I live in the Deep South. I'm not sure it's even used by the departments in the executive branch. This will probably be a similar situation.
I see it on maps sometimes (fucking Google being Google), so it irritates me whenever I run across it