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Here is another reason Google is terrible. (lemmy.ml)
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[–] Redvenom@retrolemmy.com 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Just because a boot liker calls something by a name, does not make it so, if anything, when you hear someone say "THe guLf of aMericA" you know on the spot, you don't loose anything by stopping the conversation right there and then.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Something like this happened in the recent past and now Mexicans are starting to call it the Rio Grande instead of the Rio Bravo

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Its no longer wild or grand.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 1 points 22 hours ago

the point is that the side with more money or influence always ends up winning these culture battles eventually.