Using the 16th would also be a portmanteau but the nineteenth is almost rhyming which might be some other special thing
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Ashyr@sh.itjust.works 1 week agoIt’s literally just a portmanteau of June Nineteenth.
Portmanteaus are super common and lots of fun. I have no idea why you’d take issue with this particular one.
Kowowow@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
Ashyr@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
It’s not like the day was chosen randomly. June 19th is when the emancipation proclamation was read in Texas, the last state to hear it.
danc4498@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Portmanteau is a fun word as well!