# Now listen up, all you sons of bitches. It's Lake America now **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [August 27, 2026, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608 "2026-08-27T18:46:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/161 "2026-08-30T10:32:27Z")
That’s what they did with “Gulf of America”. I just assumed that if they went along with this at all, it would only be for US ip addresses. I had a tiny hope Google would see this one and say, “oh fuck it”, and revert the other two changes. (Gulf of Mexico and Denali.) It’s not that “Trump is too dumb to notice”, it’s that different countries routinely have different names for places, usually because of language differences. And American executive orders only have meaning within America. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/162 "2026-08-30T10:33:32Z")
I’m sure Google has all sorts of regulatory issues that come up, where it doesn’t want the US govt on its throat. 🤷‍♀️ ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/163 "2026-08-30T11:16:47Z")
In fairness, google have long had the policy to show the name of a place as used in the country where it’s viewed from. Like the German city of Köln is listed as Cologne as viewed from the UK. Picking an exception to this based on the fact that it’s clearly bloody stupid is presumably just not worth the fight. They’re a major map company, but they’re also a small part of a major tech company that does not especially want a petty fight with the US administration. It wouldn’t even surprise me if someone actually directly contacted google and demanded they change it, knowing that’s the first place people will look to see if it’s really changed. As well as Lake Ontario still being Lake Ontario, the Gulf of Mexico currently shows up as ‘Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)’ from the UK, if you’re wondering. ---
**Author:** ![colinfred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colinfred/32/21338_2.png) [@colinfred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colinfred)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/164 "2026-08-30T11:20:20Z")
And from the UK Mount Mckinley is listed as Mount Mckinley ---
**Author:** ![orcenio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orcenio/32/1036_2.png) [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/165 "2026-08-30T11:47:23Z")
I bet Google Maps from India shows a united Kashmir inside India, while from Pakistan or China shows the reverse. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/166 "2026-08-30T11:53:24Z")
“_I think in many ways religion and nationalism are the two scourges of humanity._” –Deepak Chopra Demagoguery 101: whip them into a nationalistic furor. At least on the US side of the border, these people – collectively – aren’t particularly stupid. What they _are_, however, is reprehensibly evil. Rah, Rah, Sis Boom Bah!! ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/167 "2026-08-30T12:28:09Z")
Huh. 25 years ago a friend came back from a Boy Scout thing there and told me that nobody calls it that, it’s Denali, and the people who live near it care a lot about that. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/168 "2026-08-30T13:32:25Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > > > I’m not blaming the other twenty million who had their vote changed to Trump. > > Cite? My cite is that Trump has repeatedly accused the Democrats of stealing elections and he only accuses other people of committing crimes that he himself has committed. This may not be a legally admissible standard but to deny its validity is naive. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/169 "2026-08-30T14:06:07Z")
Im in Norway (vacation) and it shows Lake America. #$\*&;,\<\< ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/170 "2026-08-30T14:10:37Z")
Are you looking at it on a personal device that google knows ‘belongs’ in the US and therefore serves up US-centric information? ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/171 "2026-08-30T14:18:33Z")
Yes. It would be linked to Colorado. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/172 "2026-08-30T14:21:13Z")
I’m not sure if it would work on a phone, but maybe try using a private/incognito browser so it’s only seeing your Norse IP address but not your log in credentials (I’m assuming you’re also logged into google). ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/173 "2026-08-30T14:24:26Z")
Just dropped by to point out that fully 55% of the Golden Eagle population call Canada home. I mean, if we’re renaming things… ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/174 "2026-08-30T14:25:16Z")
Do you mean bald eagles? ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/175 "2026-08-30T14:26:56Z")
Incognito shows the correct name. Wonder how long that will last ---
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/176 "2026-08-30T15:00:34Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > “_I think in many ways religion and nationalism are the two scourges of humanity._” > > –Deepak Chopra I guess we can add “cartography” to the list now. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/177 "2026-08-30T16:24:23Z")
For some reason discourse won’t allow me to copy and paste google map screenshot of Lake of America, from Victoria, **BC**. 🤬 ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/178 "2026-08-30T17:13:42Z")
I beg your pardon. We glue the world together. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/179 "2026-08-30T17:52:03Z")
It’s still Ontario in Israel. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608/180 "2026-08-30T18:17:08Z")
You mean it is Ontario on Google Maps? Apple maps? Interestingly, Israel is not a member of the International Hydrographic Organization. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-listen-up-all-you-sons-of-bitches-its-lake-america-now/1032608.md?page=10)