To the editor: I’ve lived in Placentia since 1990. Excellent place to stay. I just like the title nevertheless it’s not likely memorable, and folks are likely to mispronounce it. (“White House bars AP reporter from Oval Office because of AP policy on ‘Gulf of America,’” Feb. 11)
I made a decision to take the daring step to rename town, as President Trump did in renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. Placentia will heretofore be known as Disneyland.
We’re the following city over, and town council will certainly approve the title change since it’s going to herald loads of advertising and marketing {dollars}. My grandchildren might be ecstatic to know that their grandparents stay in Disneyland. There additionally might be no trademark infringement to fret about, as Trump will certainly permit the Walt Disney Co. to purchase town at a deep low cost.
God bless President Trump, God bless America, and greetings from Disneyland.
Matts Hirschler, Placentia
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To the editor: It’s juvenile and petty however not with out priority to vary geographic names.
Some islands to the east of southern South America are known as the Falkland Islands by their inhabitants and Nice Britain. Claimed by Argentina, the islands are known as Las Islas Malvinas on maps in South America.
Within the Center East, the Persian Gulf is thought by one other title on maps in Arab nations.
Mexico shouldn’t trouble suing Google for utilizing “Gulf of America” on its maps; it ought to proceed to print maps studying “Golfo de Mexico.”
Apart from, “America” refers to North and South America, not the U.S., even when Trump is just not conscious of that.
T. D. Proffitt, Santa Ana
The author is a former teacher of the historical past of the Americas at Cerritos School.
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To the editor: I commend the Related Press for utilizing the right geographic title for the Gulf of Mexico.
The names of worldwide our bodies of water are formalized by the Worldwide Hydrographic Group, which has 100 member states. It’s actually vital to make use of the right names in order that we don’t get much more criticism from different nations about our ignorance of geography.
Joann Inventory, San Marino
