The Sad Country without a Name

[Polishprince]

Being a description doesnt disqualify dual usage as a name...theyre not mutually exclusive. USA is and has been our name...this is a weird thing to have a quip about.

UK and USSR are the same kind of descriptive name as USA.

I don't see this as much of a problem either.

Further , President Trump's campaign's adoption of "USA, USA" as the official campaign chant really works for our nation.

 

[Vastator]

Ireland is a name. Canada is a name. Mexico, Italy, and Colombia are names. Almost every country has a name. We do not.

"The United States of America" is a description, not a name. Furthermore, it is not even an accurate description. The word, "State" doesn't mean part of a country, it actually refers to a sovereign country, which is why we refer to the "Two-State Solution," in Palestine - and "Palestine"` is also a name, BTW. We are more like "some united provinces in North America."

And remember that four of "us" don't even claim to be States; Pennsylvania, Virginia, Massachusetts, and Kentucky are "Commonwealths." (Which also refers generally to a country and not a province).

In my opinion, if we decided to choose a name now, "Liberia" would be a fine choice (home of the FREE, and all that), but too late - it's already taken.

Any ideas?

Washingtonia?

Freeland?

Diversitie?

Leave it as is. It's what we are meant to be - a collection of sovereign states joined by a single Constitution that outlines specific points of conjoinment and limits the authority of the federal government.

That concept shit the bed, after the civil war. With the balance of power so lop-sidedly shifted to the federal government; the notion of autonomous self governing states is little more than a cheeky bit of nostalgia, and mostly in place as a managerial aspect of the federal system.

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

Ireland is a name. Canada is a name. Mexico, Italy, and Colombia are names. Almost every country has a name. We do not.

"The United States of America" is a description, not a name. Furthermore, it is not even an accurate description. The word, "State" doesn't mean part of a country, it actually refers to a sovereign country, which is why we refer to the "Two-State Solution," in Palestine - and "Palestine"` is also a name, BTW. We are more like "some united provinces in North America."

And remember that four of "us" don't even claim to be States; Pennsylvania, Virginia, Massachusetts, and Kentucky are "Commonwealths." (Which also refers generally to a country and not a province).

In my opinion, if we decided to choose a name now, "Liberia" would be a fine choice (home of the FREE, and all that), but too late - it's already taken.

Any ideas?

Washingtonia?

Freeland?

Diversitie?

Leave it as is. It's what we are meant to be - a collection of sovereign states joined by a single Constitution that outlines specific points of conjoinment and limits the authority of the federal government.

That concept shit the bed, after the civil war. With the balance of power so lop-sidedly shifted to the federal government; the notion of autonomous self governing states is little more than a cheeky bit of nostalgia, and mostly in place as a managerial aspect of the federal system.

Time will tell. If the states collectively decide that they wish to restore the not-repealed 10th Amendment to its rightful application, there will be little federal politicians or the courts can do about it.

 

[Robert Urbanek]

If we have another civil war and split into separate nations, then, indeed, there will be sad countries that need a new name.

 

[luchitociencia]

Canada: The name “Canada” likely comes from the Huron-Iroquois word “kanata,” meaning “village” or “settlement.”

Origin of the name "Canada" - Canada.ca

Iraq: country name, 1920, from an Arabic name attested since 6c. for the region known in Greek as Mesopotamia; often said to be from Arabic `araqa, covering notions such as "perspiring, deeply rooted, well-watered," which may reflect the desert Arabs' impression of the lush river-land. But the name might be from, or influenced by, Sumerian Uruk (Biblical Erech), anciently a prominent city in what is now southern Iraq (from Sumerian uru "city"). Related: Iraqi (attested in English from 1777, in reference to regional Mesopotamian music or dialects).

https://www.etymonline.com/word/Iraq

United Kingdom: Oh, never mind... "united" "kingdom"...

Australia: The name Australia is derived from the Latin australis, meaning southern.

Origin and History of the Name - Australia

I like the name United States of America, however if any new name can be given thru vote on next elections, then Trumpland. (Just kidding)

(Perhaps not)

 

[Bob Blaylock]

New Cymru - A nod to the Welshmen who founded your country and wrote your constitution.

That's only a rumor buddy, it has yet to be proved.

There is just as much evidence to the contrary.

The Welsh in America - NAWF

Sixteen of the signatories of the Declaration of Independence were of Welsh descent including William Floyd, Stephen Hopkins, Arthur Middleton, Robert Morris, Francis Lewis, and Button Gwinnett, revolutionary governor of Georgia and a general in the Patriot Corps.

There have been eleven US Presidents of Welsh descent: John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, William Harrison, Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, Calvin Coolidge and Richard Nixon. Jefferson Davies was President of the Confederate States of America and current presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has Welsh ancestry on both her maternal and paternal lineage.

If they wanted to be Welsh, they'd have stayed in Wales.

Nobody came here to be Welsh, or English, or French, or German, or anything else.

They came here to be Americans.

You, of course, are descended from the Gillettized pussies who stayed behind.

 

[Litwin]

Ireland is a name. Canada is a name. Mexico, Italy, and Colombia are names. Almost every country has a name. We do not.

"The United States of America" is a description, not a name. Furthermore, it is not even an accurate description. The word, "State" doesn't mean part of a country, it actually refers to a sovereign country, which is why we refer to the "Two-State Solution," in Palestine - and "Palestine"` is also a name, BTW. We are more like "some united provinces in North America."

And remember that four of "us" don't even claim to be States; Pennsylvania, Virginia, Massachusetts, and Kentucky are "Commonwealths." (Which also refers generally to a country and not a province).

In my opinion, if we decided to choose a name now, "Liberia" would be a fine choice (home of the FREE, and all that), but too late - it's already taken.

Any ideas?

Washingtonia?

Freeland?

Diversitie?

""The United States of America" is a description, not a name" No, USA is a great name , meanwhile "russia" a pathetic description, not a name" original name of this empire Ulus of Juchi , western maps called it Tataria , a Polish scholar named it the Golden Horde in 17c. illegal czars of Moscow have called themselves for Muscovites first, Ivan IV ( who was more antisemitic than Hitler) wanted his ulus be renamed for Israel . czar Peter the sodomite (I) renamed it to Rossiya in 18c, it went into English as "russia" even though that this Mongolian ulus (a primitive form of a state ) had nothing to to with ancient state - Kiev Rus´. what do you think ´d be best and most correct name for this "country"? ulus of Muscovy is the best one for sure

 

[whitehall]

Why don't y'all go after the crazy names of the emerging African nations or countries with names that end in "stan" and leave the U.S. alone?

 

[zaangalewa]

Ireland is a name. Canada is a name. Mexico, Italy, and Colombia are names. Almost every country has a name. We do not.

"The United States of America" is a description, not a name. Furthermore, it is not even an accurate description. The word, "State" doesn't mean part of a country, it actually refers to a sovereign country, which is why we refer to the "Two-State Solution," in Palestine - and "Palestine"` is also a name, BTW. We are more like "some united provinces in North America."

And remember that four of "us" don't even claim to be States; Pennsylvania, Virginia, Massachusetts, and Kentucky are "Commonwealths." (Which also refers generally to a country and not a province).

In my opinion, if we decided to choose a name now, "Liberia" would be a fine choice (home of the FREE, and all that), but too late - it's already taken.

Any ideas?

Washingtonia?

Freeland?

Diversitie?

Why not just Unionia? Or Subamerica? Or Stripestaria? ... on the other side - what says the owner of God's own country, when you change the not existing name of his country?

 

[zaangalewa]

Uh....America?!?
What's the problem?

No one in the world calls the USA "America" or US-Americans "Americans". It would be extremely arrogant to do so.

 

[zaangalewa]

Ireland is a name. Canada is a name. Mexico, Italy, and Colombia are names. Almost every country has a name. We do not.

"The United States of America" is a description, not a name.

'United' is not even an accurate description and getting less so every year.

In old German I could call the "United States of America" also the "German States of America" - ah sorry: the "Dutch" (=Deutsch=German) "states of America". This word means nearly the same as "united" (deutsch=to belong together, to speak the same language) . On the other side: Who calls Germans "Deutsche" except we Germans on our own? You call the Netherlanders "dutch".

Hmm - What about "Amero" and "Ameros" or "Amerans"?

 

[zaangalewa]

I vote for "George". After all the capitol is Washington (DC).

Georgia still exists - two times in the English language: one is the US-state Georgia - the other one the country Georgia.

 

[zaangalewa]

Being a description doesnt disqualify dual usage as a name...theyre not mutually exclusive. USA is and has been our name...this is a weird thing to have a quip about.

UK and USSR are the same kind of descriptive name as USA.

Britannia and Russia (The tyrannic system "USSR" is not existing any longer)

I don't see this as much of a problem either.

Further , President Trump's campaign's adoption of "USA, USA" as the official campaign chant really works for our nation.

Trump is president of the USA? Funny. Since when?