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minus-squareShinkanTrain@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-26 months agoHow many genocided peoples called it America before the colonizers started killing them?
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoI mean… Japan isn’t called Japan in Japanese either. Unfortunately we don’t speak Mayan, or Incan, or Cherokee, or etc.…
minus-squareShinkanTrain@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-26 months agoI’m fairly certain they wouldn’t collectively name it after a random ass Italian dude.
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoMy point was that it’s the only word we have in English.
How many genocided peoples called it America before the colonizers started killing them?
I mean… Japan isn’t called Japan in Japanese either. Unfortunately we don’t speak Mayan, or Incan, or Cherokee, or etc.…
I’m fairly certain they wouldn’t collectively name it after a random ass Italian dude.
My point was that it’s the only word we have in English.