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Canada plans to assist Cuba as Washington squeezes the island (edition.cnn.com)

submitted 1 day ago by not_IO to c/canada@lemmy.ca

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smart move imo

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[-] guynamedzero@piefed.zeromedia.vip 6 points 19 hours ago

I always find it frustrating when people say “Washington is doing x” in reference to Washington DC (US capital) and not in reference to Washington (the state). I personally know people who were confused by this and didn’t know that Washington state existed.

If possible, please say the full name of Washington DC, or even just DC.

[-] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 hours ago

Oh I get it, it's a bit like how it's super annoying that America is used to refer to the US and American is commonly used to mean Estadounidense. Yea that's frustrating.

[-] Soup@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago

People from the US who didn’t know Washington state existed, or elsewhere? It only actually matters if Washington state suddenly goes off the rails, which would be weird. We say “Ottawa” in Canada to refer to the federal government and we all understand what that means because of very obvious context clues.

In general I don’t disagree that being more accurate is a good thing, and “DC” is easier to write, too, but if people need the clarity here then they’re dumb as hell.

[-] batmite8675309@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

LOL, now I'm tempted to be a troll when someone bitches about Ottawa setting payments, and state, "I did not know that municipality had the power to determine how much a province receives." or "Mark Sutcliffe must really hate Alberta."