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The Picard Maneuver lemmy.world The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world
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username_1 discuss.tchncs.de username_1@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2026-06-01
#2 · Quote Reply

Kentukaska? Alabaska? Washinaska? USAska? Trumposaska? Sasaska? Dozens of them!
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jaybone lemmy.zip jaybone@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-02-08
#3 · Quote Reply

Now do states that contain “kansas”
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Bristlecone lemmy.world Bristlecone@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-02
#4 · Quote Reply

I love the little guy on our map that is making kentucky fried chicken
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ferret sh.itjust.works aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-07-18
#5 · Quote Reply
Bristlecone wrote:
I love the little guy on our map that is making kentucky fried chicken

Gotta give it up to Louisiana for being boot shaped, really ties the whole thing together
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BlackVenom lemmy.world BlackVenom@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-23
#6 · Quote Reply
jaybone wrote:
Now do states that contain “kansas”

Arrrrrr...
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SourDragon lemmy.world SourDragon@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-07-21
#7 · Quote Reply

I… I don't know how to feel about this…
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optional sh.itjust.works brotundspiele@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2024-04-08
#8 · Quote Reply

How is this map terrible? It looks completely factual to me. It's even missing New Zealand. Perfect map, 5/7, would buy again.
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rustydrd sh.itjust.works rustydrd@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-07-07
#9 · Quote Reply

What about Arizaska and New Hampshaska?
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adarza lemmy.ca adarza@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2024-05-29
#10 · (edited) Quote Reply

and the capital city of 'aska' is in neither one. it's onalaska, wisconsin
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ToastedRavioli midwest.social ToastedRavioli@midwest.social
Joined: 2025-04-26
#11 · (edited) Quote Reply
jaybone wrote:
Now do states that contain “kansas”

Fun fact, in Kansas the Arkansas River is pronounced as the “OurKansas” River
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Ephera lemmy.ml Ephera@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2020-05-31
#12 · Quote Reply

Apparently, completely different etymologies. "Alaska" comes from Russian. "Nebraska" comes from a language native to North America.
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P1nkman lemmy.world P1nkman@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-04-28
#13 · Quote Reply
ToastedRavioli wrote:
Fun fact, in Kansas the Arkansas River is pronounced as the “OurKansas” River

It'll soon be called America River, or possibly Trump River.
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ninja lemmy.world ninja@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-13
#14 · Quote Reply
rustydrd wrote:
What about Arizaska and New Hampshaska?

Everyone always forgets Virginaska
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reader lemmy.zip reader@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2026-02-19
#15 · Quote Reply
jaybone wrote:
Now do states that contain “kansas”

Alakansas and Nebraskansas
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Tollana1234567 lemmy.today Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
Joined: 2025-06-04
#16 · Quote Reply
ferret wrote:
Gotta give it up to Louisiana for being boot shaped, really ties the whole thing together

half filled with water.
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Tollana1234567 lemmy.today Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
Joined: 2025-06-04
#17 · Quote Reply
jaybone wrote:
Now do states that contain “kansas”

ARKANSAS
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crimson_iris piefed.social crimson_iris@piefed.social
Joined: 2026-03-31
#18 · Quote Reply
P1nkman wrote:
It'll soon be called America River, or possibly Trump River.
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droans lemmy.world droans@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-21
#19 · Quote Reply
Ephera wrote:
Apparently, completely different etymologies. "Alaska" comes from Russian. "Nebraska" comes from a language native to North America. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Alaska#Etymology https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Nebraska#Etymology

My favorite is Idaho, which comes from the Bullshitian word which roughly translates to "Congress is stupid gullible"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idaho#Etymology

In the early 1860s, when the U.S. Congress was considering organizing a new territory around Pikes Peak in the Rocky Mountains, the name "Idaho" was popular among the Congressional committee, as they believed it to be derived from a Shoshone term meaning "gem of the mountains." Realizing in January 1861 the name was quite possibly a fabrication and not Native American at all, the U.S. Congress ultimately decided to name the area Colorado Territory when it was created. But, by the time this decision was made in February 1861, the town of Idaho Springs, Colorado had already been named after their early frontrunner for a name, Idaho.
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droans lemmy.world droans@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-21
#20 · Quote Reply
ninja wrote:
Everyone always forgets Virginaska

You're either Indiaska or Againstdiaska.
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Swedneck discuss.tchncs.de Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2023-06-10
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crimson_iris wrote:
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Schitt's Creek
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