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by oaththrowaway 491 days ago
Isn't it fairly common to have different things named differently depending on where you're at in the world?

I'm assuming that Google didn't change it for how it shows in Mexico, so why do they care so much about what another country calls it? It's stupid for it to be renamed, don't get me wrong, but the outrage about it seems like it's because it came from Trump.

2 comments

Yes.
Yes, Roma/Rome, Koln/Cologne, London/Londres, Turkey/Turkiye, etc.

Those countries ain’t suing Google for calling those geographical places differently in different languages.

There are many places with disputed names. However that is a very different thing from just a translation of a name.
So like the Rio Grande and the Rio Bravo? They surely can follow that example since it’s the same two countries.