Most places are named after people too
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SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day agoMany people are named after places. This one doesn’t feel weird to me atleast
thermal_shock@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 23 hours ago
I also had a coworker named America and I’m pretty sure her parents were immigrants - English was pretty clearly not my coworker’s first language. I think it works for her situation. (Funny enough, it was her reckless behavior that caused me to spend my last few weeks at that job on light duty…)
There’s also America Ferrera, I don’t think the name is that weird.
boletus@sh.itjust.works 10 hours ago
But which America is it? North or south?
Avatar_of_Self@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
They compromised and it’s central.
Lemminary@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
Yup, I’ve known a Kenya, a Lesotho, and a Latierra (the Earth in Spanish).
Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 12 hours ago
Latierra
If I had to bully her I’d call her Latrine
KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
I understand naming a kid after a city or region/state but a country seems a little far.
SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 hour ago
India is a name I’ve seen often.