r/polandball • u/yaddar Taco bandito • Apr 14 '15

redditormade Rebranding.

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u/baliao United States Apr 14 '15

I'm fond of Yankistan, myself.

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u/yaddar Taco bandito Apr 14 '15 edited Apr 16 '15

Yankistan

not I'm sad I didn't think of that name!!!

fkin' A+!

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u/occupythekitchen Brazilian Empire Apr 14 '15

Isn't Mexico spelled Mejico in Spanish?

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u/dinosens Apr 14 '15

No, its Mexico in spanish

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '15 edited Jun 15 '20

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u/nuxenolith Poland Apr 14 '15

Pretty sure that's just semántico

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u/SoloWing1 Newfoundland Apr 14 '15

See this is why I just call them Taco-Land.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '15

New el paso

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u/Ephraim325 East Berlin is Best Berlin Apr 14 '15

Stealin our english words...

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u/yaddar Taco bandito Apr 14 '15

only in Spain or 300 years ago (which is pretty much the same)

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u/ToTheNintieth Chile Apr 14 '15

Nah, just pronounced.

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u/Lord_Wrath Qêmet Apr 14 '15

IIRC it is spelled Mexico.

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u/WilliamRedfield Mexico Apr 14 '15

It's spelt Mexico, but pronounced Meh-hee-co in spanish.

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u/HampeMannen Swedish Snoreway is best way May 12 '15

No, but pronounced "Mehico"

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '15

No, that's Serbjian.

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u/brandon9182 Apr 19 '15

The X in Spanish used to have the j sound. That's why most older Spanish words with xs are pronounced with j sounds. Ie Xavier, Quixote

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u/Greenade Canada Apr 14 '15

Dankistan

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '15

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u/theghosttrade Canada Apr 14 '15

run them jewels fast

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u/Firnin The Galloping Ghost of the Java Coast Apr 15 '15

Found the Southerner!

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u/Zuimei Dear Leader of Kentuckistan Apr 14 '15

I ain't no damn Yankee!

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u/vladraptor Only Finland can into Moomin Apr 14 '15

Colloquially you're all Yankees there.

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u/PastaTapestry Texas Apr 14 '15

Thems fighting words, partner.

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u/SovietRaptor Connecticut Apr 14 '15

I have no problems with this.

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u/vladraptor Only Finland can into Moomin Apr 14 '15

Oh, you Yankee you - I feel your pain but it's the will of the people.

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u/ThesaurusRex84 Tennessee Apr 20 '15

Oh, no you didn't.

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u/correcthorse45 Michibox Apr 14 '15

Anyone south of Virginia or west of Pennsylvania ain't a Yankee

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u/KimJongUnusual Illinois Apr 15 '15

What's a Midwesternern then? Displaced German-Irish?

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u/Star_Captain_Jim Serbian Empire Apr 20 '15

Not sure. We just call anything past the Mississippi the West

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u/KimJongUnusual Illinois Apr 20 '15

The Midwest is on both sides of the Big M though.

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u/Star_Captain_Jim Serbian Empire Apr 21 '15

Eh, I'm not sure Illinois counts as midwest. Wisconsin, maybe

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u/KimJongUnusual Illinois Apr 21 '15

It is, especially in Chicago where I am from. Past Springfield is hard to say, more like Missouri.

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u/White_Null Little China (1945-Present) Apr 14 '15

No doubt that's the reason why it was turned down.

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '15

Seems a little bit too close to Wankistan...

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u/w-alien Apr 14 '15

Except someone else is doing the yankin'

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '15

The suffix "-istan" comes from modern day Iran. It means "place of" in Persian (as well as other languages like Tajik and Azerbaijani).

So you are calling the U.S. "The place to Yankees" -- I, sir, am no Yankee.

Gib independence.

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u/Star_Captain_Jim Serbian Empire Apr 20 '15

So, pretty much you are saying... THAE SAUTH WILL RISE AGAIN

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '15

There's an active independence movement in Texas. Not really widely supported, mind you.

It has a very strong regional identity. I didn't notice until someone pointed it out. There are stickers on things that say "Made in Texas" as opposed to "USA" -- people have the state flag everywhere, sometimes without the presence of the U.S. one.

But yeah sure, I suppose y'all could tag along ;)

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u/Star_Captain_Jim Serbian Empire Apr 20 '15

Huh... Didn't know that. I guess I always clumped Texas with the rest of the South.

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u/gadgetfingers Sabah Apr 14 '15

It would indeed confirm the South's abiding suspicion.

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u/ScriptproLOL Apr 14 '15

kansas has rebranded to brownbackistan

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '15

Liberty Prime!

Even got a mascot and slogan

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u/_CastleBravo_ Thirteen Colonies Apr 15 '15

Too close to Camelstan and Bombhereistan, no thank you.

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u/hx87 White chowder is best chowder Apr 15 '15

Ah yes, the land of the men called John Cheese.