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by GlennS 1584 days ago
Since you're being critical, I think you should suggest a better wording for "Columbus discovered American" that you think will piss fewer people off.
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ncmncm 1584 days ago
Columbus stumbled over Hispaniola on what he thought was the way to someplace completely different. And then insisted he had got there, instead.
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GlennS 1584 days ago
Perhaps something a little snappier and with less axe grinding?
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ncmncm 1583 days ago
Columbus encountered America.
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GlennS 1583 days ago
Love it!
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