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Skittles

(161,204 posts) Wed Jan 29, 2025, 04:04 AM Yesterday

my English brother sent me this map

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

Omg 😹 Meowmee Yesterday #1

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

"God bless Vespucciland." progressoid Yesterday #6

Rockefeller...Nixon... Kid Berwyn 23 hrs ago #11

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

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

heh Skittles Yesterday #4

Loveit malaise Yesterday #5

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

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

It's spelled "Amurika". roamer65 Yesterday #10

courtesy of Trump's "gubmint" Skittles 10 hrs ago #12

Meowmee

(6,560 posts)

1. Omg 😹

Reply to Skittles (Original post)

Wed Jan 29, 2025, 04:10 AM

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

elleng

(137,640 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, 04:12 AM

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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

(50,897 posts)

6. "God bless Vespucciland."

Reply to elleng (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 29, 2025, 06:48 AM

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Fans of Firesign Theater may recall that song.

Kid Berwyn

(18,899 posts)

11. Rockefeller...Nixon...

Reply to progressoid (Reply #6)

Wed Jan 29, 2025, 09:38 AM

23 hrs ago

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, 04:57 AM

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Skittles

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4. heh

Reply to biophile (Reply #3)

Wed Jan 29, 2025, 05:53 AM

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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.