JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 hours agoSince America's namesake Amerigo Vespucci was an immigrant, what should the United States of America be renamed to? (no wrong answers)message-squaremessage-square80fedilinkarrow-up1157arrow-down19
arrow-up1148arrow-down1message-squareSince America's namesake Amerigo Vespucci was an immigrant, what should the United States of America be renamed to? (no wrong answers)JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 hours agomessage-square80fedilink
minus-squareivanafterall ☑️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·9 hours ago Except Transjordan isn’t biblical I know, but when I Googled to confirm the name of the country in Handmaid’s Tale, I noticed the real Gilead was in Transjordan, saw a joke opportunity sitting there, and that was the smoothest I could work it in. I’m open to workshopping it.
minus-squaregedaliyah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 minutes agoNo, the joke was funny. I’m just a grump!
I know, but when I Googled to confirm the name of the country in Handmaid’s Tale, I noticed the real Gilead was in Transjordan, saw a joke opportunity sitting there, and that was the smoothest I could work it in. I’m open to workshopping it.
No, the joke was funny. I’m just a grump!