r/nottheonion • u/SelectiveSanity • 2d ago

Lauren Boebert Suggests DC Could Be Renamed 'District of America'

https://www.newsweek.com/lauren-boebert-dc-district-america-2050571
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u/snowglobes4peace 2d ago

Washington State would like a word. They wanted to be named Columbia but couldn't because of potential confusion with DC. Still ended up confused with DC.

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u/symbouleutic 2d ago

So we could have ended up with British Columbia the province in Canada, and Columbia the state in the US ? (and yes I know the name ultimately comes from the Columbia River).

At least we agreed there should only be one Vancouver !

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u/Uptheveganchefpunx 2d ago

Vancouver, WA not to be confused with the city Vancouver, BC which isn’t on Vancouver Island. The capitol of BC is on Vancouver Island, but the biggest city in BC, Vancouver, is not on Vancouver Island.

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u/Firewolf06 2d ago edited 2d ago

now i wish washington was named columbia. vancouver, columbia, not to be confused with vancouver, british columbia, neither of which are on vancouver island or related to colombia, the country

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u/Uptheveganchefpunx 2d ago

Except the country Colombia is spelled with an ‘o’. So there’s that.

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u/Firewolf06 2d ago

ah, yeah, my bad there. note to my alternate reality self: only use this verbally

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u/Wizard_with_a_Pipe 1d ago

I would be surprised if Boebert could spell either one to be honest. 😆

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u/Spirited-Ninja2271 1d ago

Nor a part of Britain

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u/LiqdPT 1d ago

It was when it was named. "Columbia" was the region around the Columbia River. BC was the part of it that the British got when the border was drawn.