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minus-square☭CommieWolf☆@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·22 hours ago British Colombia I’m imagining a world where the Spanish Colonized Canada first lol. Colombia is the Latin American country, “Columbia” is what every Anglo thing that uses his name is written.
minus-squaredriving_crooner@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 hours agoGrew up in Colombia and people saying “hope we were colonized by the British” is something you get used to.
minus-squareℝ𝔼𝔻 ℂ𝕆𝕃𝕆𝕊𝕊𝕌𝕊@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·19 hours agoLol, like “British Honduras”, now Belize.
minus-squareeldavi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·20 hours agofwiw: they started colonizing nootka sound in british columbia, but abandoned it the 1790’s as part of territorial concessions to the british empire
minus-squareWater Bowl Slime@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·21 hours agoConsidering where it gets the name from, Culombia is how it really should be written.
British Colombia
I’m imagining a world where the Spanish Colonized Canada first lol. Colombia is the Latin American country, “Columbia” is what every Anglo thing that uses his name is written.
Grew up in Colombia and people saying “hope we were colonized by the British” is something you get used to.
Lol, like “British Honduras”, now Belize.
ha
fwiw: they started colonizing nootka sound in british columbia, but abandoned it the 1790’s as part of territorial concessions to the british empire
Considering where it gets the name from, Culombia is how it really should be written.