USA: The Country without a name...

[Suga Foot]

The United States Of America is a description, not a name.  It's like calling Canada "The United Provinces of America".  Kinda weird that the USA was never actually given a name.  


One other thing I noticed.  Look at the Washington Family Coat of Arms:



Stars and Stripes!  And is that an Eagle on top?

[Don Jacob]

well it kiddna has something do with the fact  of how the US came to be and the ideals of the big states and little states

[Trauma-san]

Hmmm, I really don't think it's that strange.  The land wasn't called "America" by the natives, it was a name given the entire area by settlers.  So "America" in a sense is a name given this entire area, and the "United States of America" is a portion of the bigger area named "America".  

[Trauma-san]

Oh, and one of my favorite country names is "L'cote D'voire" (probably horribly misspelled)

"The Ivory Coast", another descriptive name

[Suga Foot]

U.A.E is another

[Primo]

i think describes the area where there is states in america because u have North America and South America

[mauzip]

I think this is the case with many countries actually. The Netherlands for example is officially called 'Kingdom of The Netherlands', while everybody (literally translated) calls it Netherland.

[Trauma-san]

There's the famous "Iceland" and "Greenland", Iceland was named Iceland because somebody wanted to keep it a secret that it was so nice there, and wanted all the land to himself (can't remember which king/explorer).

[Don Jacob]

^ it was to throw the vikings off.

[budsmokeronly]

LOL, thats a sweet plan.  hahaha clever scheming mofos all throughout history.

[[Stoned]Jesus H. Christ[Wheat]]

LOL, thats a sweet plan.  hahaha clever scheming mofos all throughout history.

man, they must have been dumb  

[Trauma-san]

^ but not smart enough to name themselves "captain shit".  

[JTSimon]

LOL, thats a sweet plan.  hahaha clever scheming mofos all throughout history.

  shutup corny bitch

[Lincoln]

^ but not smart enough to name themselves "captain shit".  

You wouldn't understand the name unless you have seen the TV show Trailer Park Boys. Season 3, Episode 8 I believe.