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From: badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: gulf of america
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2025 11:41:09 -0000 (UTC)
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Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:
> On 12.02.25 15:47, sticks wrote:
>> On 2/12/2025 8:30 AM, Wilf wrote:
>>> On 11/02/2025 at 13:17, badgolferman wrote:
>>>> It looks like Apple Maps has not updated their database yet.  Doesn't
>>>> America-based Apple follow official government sources?
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Maybe they're not as craven as the guys at Google.
>> 
>> They got it right now today.  Gulf of America
> 
> You are one of these mentally handicapped Red Necks:
> 
> Many who write follow AP style
> 
> Users of the Google map app in the United States will now see the body 
> of water referred to as the Gulf of America, the company said. Mexican 
> users would see “Gulf of Mexico.” Elsewhere in the world, Google 
> identifies it as “Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America).”
> 
> But the AP’s decision is influential because many news outlets and other 
> organizations use it as an arbiter of how to consistently refer to things.
> 
> Some larger outlets have their own rules.
> 
> —The New York Times said it would continue to use Gulf of Mexico, while 
> noting Trump’s renaming in stories that discuss that issue. The gulf, 
> which borders Mexico and Cuba as well as the United States, has been 
> known as the Gulf of Mexico for more than 400 years.
> 
> —The Washington Post also said it would use Gulf of Mexico in most 
> references because it “is not solely within the United States’ 
> jurisdiction and the name of Gulf of America might confuse global readers.”
> 
> *LOL*
> 
> 

We know you are one of the confused readers.