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Skittles

(162,450 posts) Wed Jan 29, 2025, 05:04 AM Jan 29

my English brother sent me this map

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my English brother sent me this map (Original Post) Skittles Jan 29 OP

Omg 😹 Meowmee Jan 29 #1

Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512) was born in Florence, Italy, into a wealthy family of merchants and notaries. elleng Jan 29 #2

"God bless Vespucciland." progressoid Jan 29 #6

Rockefeller...Nixon... Kid Berwyn Jan 29 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author Pepsidog Jan 29 #7

I'm shocked that drumpf didn't suggest the Gulf of Trump biophile Jan 29 #3

heh Skittles Jan 29 #4

Loveit malaise Jan 29 #5

I don't read English, only 'merican!!!!! DemMedic Jan 29 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author Pepsidog Jan 29 #9

It's spelled "Amurika". roamer65 Jan 29 #10

courtesy of Trump's "gubmint" Skittles Jan 30 #12

Meowmee

(7,713 posts)

1. Omg 😹

Reply to Skittles (Original post)

Wed Jan 29, 2025, 05:10 AM

Jan 29

Awful but it made me laugh… america soon is my fave and after that camerica but shouldn’t it be canamerica?

elleng

(138,763 posts)

2. Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512) was born in Florence, Italy, into a wealthy family of merchants and notaries.

Reply to Skittles (Original post)

Wed Jan 29, 2025, 05:12 AM

Jan 29

He was educated in a world of trade and maritime culture, and developed interests in astronomy, math, navigation, and foreign languages.

Vespucci was the son of Nastagio, a notary. As a boy Vespucci was given a humanistic education by his uncle Giorgio Antonio. In 1479 he accompanied another relation, sent by the famous Italian Medici family to be their spokesman to the king of France.

Amerigo Vespucci
Italian navigator

Amerigo Vespucci (born 1454?, Florence, Italy—died 1512, Sevilla, Spain) was a merchant and explorer-navigator who took part in early voyages to the New World (1499–1500 and 1501–02) and occupied the influential post of piloto mayor (“master navigator”) in Sevilla (1508–12). The name for the Americas is derived from his given name.

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Amerigo-Vespucci

progressoid

(51,087 posts)

6. "God bless Vespucciland."

Reply to elleng (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 29, 2025, 07:48 AM

Jan 29

Fans of Firesign Theater may recall that song.

Kid Berwyn

(19,472 posts)

11. Rockefeller...Nixon...

Reply to progressoid (Reply #6)

Wed Jan 29, 2025, 10:38 AM

Jan 29

Choo choo!!!

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biophile

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3. I'm shocked that drumpf didn't suggest the Gulf of Trump

Reply to Skittles (Original post)

Wed Jan 29, 2025, 05:57 AM

Jan 29

Skittles

(162,450 posts)

4. heh

Reply to biophile (Reply #3)

Wed Jan 29, 2025, 06:53 AM

Jan 29

yeah, I snickered at this but then I sighed and thought, we're becoming a fucking joke

I remember as an American kid in England being so proud we landed on the moon - now it just feels like Trump is defiling my country on a daily basis, UGH.