I think too much is being made of this (Apple Maps renames Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America’ for US users after Trump order, 2 August). It is common for geographical features straddling borders to receive different names in different jurisdictions.
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I think too much is being made of this (Apple Maps renames Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America’ for US users after Trump order, 2 August). It is common for geographical features straddling borders to receive different names...
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I think too much is being made of this (Apple Maps renames Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America’ for US users after Trump order, 2 August). It is common for geographical features straddling borders to receive different names in different jurisdictions. Consider, for example, Lac Léman and the Bodensee, La Manche and Les Îles Malouines. Wales has only recently...
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- I think too much is being made of this (Apple Maps renames Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America’ for US users after Trump order, 2 August).
- It is common for geographical features straddling borders to receive different names in different jurisdictions.
- Consider, for example, Lac Léman and the Bodensee, La Manche and Les Îles Malouines.
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Consider, for example, Lac Léman and the Bodensee, La Manche and Les Îles Malouines. Wales has only recently reclaimed Yr Wyddfa and Bannau Brycheiniog, and for a reminder and dramatisation of how renaming played out in Ireland, look no further than Brian Friel’s Translations. Perhaps we can look forward to Lake Cleveland (previously Erie) and Lake Trump (previously Superior)?Owen StewartGatley, Greater Manchester
Donald Trump’s renaming of Lake Ontario to Lake America (Report, 27 August) could be an ominous precedent for this country if Reform UK or Restore Britain come to power. In his dystopian vision of the future, the novelist Islwyn Ffowc Elis foresaw Wales being renamed Western England by the government in 2033. David Pope Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire
Most Americans will have learned the mnemonic HOMES for the Great Lakes (Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior). With Donald Trump’s renaming, what will this be replaced by? SHAME, perhaps?James LindesayLeicester
A new name for America (Letters, 30 August)? Trumpton, with its cast of characters including Musk, Musk, Altman and Thiel, Bezos, Zucky and Huang.Rob HorneCoventry
How about South Canada? Or, alternatively, North Mexico?Andy CookHonley, West Yorkshire
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