GayTuckerCarlson [she/her]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-22 days agoTrump to rename Veterans Day as ‘Victory Day for World War I’ hexbear.netimagemessage-square65linkfedilinkarrow-up1112arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1111arrow-down1imageTrump to rename Veterans Day as ‘Victory Day for World War I’ hexbear.netGayTuckerCarlson [she/her]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square65linkfedilinkfile-text
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/01/trump-rename-veterans-day-victory-day-for-world-war-i-00323118
minus-squareFlakesBongler [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·2 days agoThat’s a mouthful, it’ll never catch on
minus-squareInevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·2 days agoHOW DARE YOU. IT COULD BE NICKNAMED “VD WWI” AND THE NEXT WAR COULD BE “VD W—” On second thought - never mind.
minus-squareThermonuclearEgg [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 days agoThen due to a sound change /v/ → /d͡ʒ/, it’ll be called the JD war
minus-squareDogThatWentGorp [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day ago“Victory Day for WWI” doesn’t even feel correct for the title of a day. “WWI Victory Day” is what you’d expect? Did they chat gpt a suggestion for a new national holiday and just ran with the name it spat out?
minus-squareregul [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 days agoReally rolls off the tongue.
That’s a mouthful, it’ll never catch on
HOW DARE YOU.
IT COULD BE NICKNAMED “VD WWI” AND THE NEXT WAR COULD BE “VD W—” On second thought - never mind.
Then due to a sound change /v/ → /d͡ʒ/, it’ll be called the JD war
No, it would be GD war
“Victory Day for WWI” doesn’t even feel correct for the title of a day. “WWI Victory Day” is what you’d expect?
Did they chat gpt a suggestion for a new national holiday and just ran with the name it spat out?
Really rolls off the tongue.