Mexico asks Google to reject U.S. renaming of the Gulf of Mexico
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(The Center Square) – Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum wrote a letter asking Google to reject the U.S. decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America on

cross-posted from: https://ponder.cat/post/1485960

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum wrote a letter asking Google to reject the U.S. decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America on its mapping service.

  • moody@lemmings.world
    3·
    1 month ago

    They said that in Mexico, it will show the Gulf of Mexico, and outside of the US, they will show both names.

    • oktoberpaard@lemm.ee
      1·
      1 month ago

      I wonder if they will also show both names in foreign languages. That would only be possible for those languages that use a direct translation of the English name and then still it would be very weird to just add a new name that’s not the official one in that language.

      Does anyone know other examples where two names are shown? Plenty of things have different names in different countries or languages, so I’m trying to understand what the criteria are to show both names in an international context. Maybe it only happens for languages where two names exist.

        • M0oP0oOP
          1·
          29 days ago

          Google in Mexico (and the rest of the world) is showing people “Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)”

          Edit: Like this (I am not in the US and my nation never went along with this):