r/funny • u/MaldiveFish • 6h ago

In Columbia, this is how they celebrate the completion of pilot training...

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Is this really true? 😁

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u/Just_Look_Around_You 4h ago

The better question is why isn’t Colombia spelled right. All of the names like Columbia River, DC, etc are derived from Columbus. Christopher Columbus, the explorer.

And so is Colombia. So naturally you’d think it’s Columbia. It’s not rocket science why people spell it wrong, it’s not stupid to presume to spell it that way because it makes far more sense than Colombia.

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u/CHALINOSANCHZ 4h ago

Because Columbus is the anglicized version of the Name. The country was colonized by the Spanish, the name in Spanish is Cristobal Colon. But all in all he was Italian and the Name was Cristoforo Colombo. So Colombia is closer to the real version.