# On the naming of Canada

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**Created:** [April 18, 2024, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-naming-of-canada/1000443 "2024-04-18T03:35:36Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-naming-of-canada/1000443/2 "2024-04-18T04:03:36Z")

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All of this reminds me of a comment in an old thread from @Kobal2 , whom I fear we lost in the covid time:

> [@Why was there a Canadian force on D-Day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-there-a-canadian-force-on-d-day/690203/89):
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> You know, not that I harbour imperial German sympathies or anything, but I could see how they might have figured they were the good guys when they were told “Men, tomorrow we face the soldiers of… The Dominion”. There’s an in-built scare chord to that word.

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