Many years ago I used google edit to alter the name on a park across the road from my house after my wife's online avatar name. Since the park did not have a name on google maps, then it was never altered, and remains that on google maps. The park does actually have name in the official records in a basement at city hall, but no one calls it that, nor is there a sign at that park to indicate such. Guess what... Apple maps added it themselves, naming it the same as what i called it on google maps. Which means it is becoming normative. I am simply biding time for another ten years (it has already been ten years) till I ask the local council to place a sign there, and that will be a 20 year planned valentines day which will defeat any other valentines day. If you want something named the way you want it... aim for the long game. Plus you know, love.
My little brother when he was 5, did the same thing and changed the name of a random building to another name (forgot lol); pretty sure its still there
Specifically it’s “Wendover Peak” above the town of Wendover. There are a number of unnamed foothills nearby, though. I propose Mount Sam be the one immediately southwest of it.
Funny you released this video today today because they just approved a name change of the highest point in Tennessee from Clingmans Dome (not surprisingly named after a Confederate Army general) to the Cherokee name of Kuwohi. It took several years, but basically everyone involved supported it, including basically all of the surrounding counties in both TN and NC.
@@John_Doe974 The southern US absolutely LOVED to name shit after racist Confederates. We're starting to reverse some of it but a lot of states are really pushing back. Mississippi JUST removed the Confederate flag from their state flag and South Carolina still flies that flag openly
Tbf this was also important for old technology to work, regular maps also don't work if all the names on them are wrong, you can't even give directions if the names are wrong.
The reason stated for not allowing Vampire Lake is actually logical. if it's a small remote area, Having a bunch of tourist suddenly showing up could cause more harm than good.
I live in rural NC and some Floridians (rich older people from other states, mostly NY and FL, buy up tons of land in the Smokies and move here for some reason, then proceed to complain about literally everything and try to change us culturally into where they moved away from. They also drive up land prices, encourage Real Estate companies to buy tons of land and build massive gated communities, it makes my blood boil but I digress) started a campaign to name the mountain they lived on “Gator Mountain”. And thankfully one of my dad’s friends who works in a local Gov’t office went through a ton of old files, newspapers, documents, etc. to find a name for the mountain that had been used enough times to set the precedent, and he submitted it and it got approved! I forgot the actual (now official!) name, but the most important part for me is that it’ll never be called “Gator Mountain”
@@Blowingmind I don’t mind people moving here, what bothers me is when they start to get involved in local politics and try to make here more like where they came from. Like, I genuinely don’t understand why they even left; if they want a place that’s just like where they left, then why not just stay there and not leave?
@@Lukusprime that seems to be a common sentiment. I am curious if you're calling all the blue ridge mountains in Western NC the "Smokies" or specifically the Smokies around Great Smoky mountain national Park. For instance I live somewhere around the "Great Balsam Mountains" in Western NC which are not part of the Smokies but are often called the Smokies by tourists
Knobs are always made from pressed oak, and then you never ate your household responsibilities basically until the bottles started fracturing on a molecular level.
11 miles from where I live, there's a landfill with a garbage mountain that could definitely be named "Mount Sam". I think it's fitting and the perfect place. You'll be able to see Mount Sam on your commute if you take the train too! Heck, Mount Sam can be seen right from the freeway. I'll talk to waste management and see if they like the idea.
@@keiyakins That's not why it's named that though, it was named by east coast explorers assumed the valley would be where they would die because they got lost, they were mostly fine though, I think 1 person died in total.
The longest name for a lake in the US is in Massachusetts and is called Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg, which means “English knifemen and Nipmuck Indians at the boundary or neutral fishing place”
Fun fact: Mount Diablo in the bay area was proposed to be renamed Mount Reagan (for Ronald Reagan), which was rejected. This was because he was not yet dead.
If only there was a BGN when the John Day River in Oregon was named. No, not that one, the other one. (John Day was a relatively unremarkable person in Oregon history who sonehow managed to get two rivers, two towns, a dam, and a national monument named after him.)
In the British Empire, place names are determined by whether or not you're wearing the captain's hat. (If you understand the reference, you're awesome)
Hey Sam, you should look into how aviation waypoint names are made. I wonder if the process is similar. I am aware that some air traffic controllers have had waypoints named after them.
I suspect some clever people with senses of humor at the FAA just make them up. It takes some creativity to come up with more-or-less pronounceable names consisting of exactly five letters. Some of my favorites are FATSO, near New Orleans, and the waypoints on the RNAV (GPS) RWY 16 approach at Portsmouth International (KPSM) in New Hampshire: ITAWT, ITAWA, PUDYE, TTATT, IDEED. (There's another waypoint called CARAY but it doesn't really fit the theme.)
Blue Snake of the West River. I did not know that was at one point the name of that river. I do know that John Powel and his expedition sailed down the "Grand" river, and that they named the "Grand' canyon for same said. Not because of its size. Happy coincidence. I want to establish a town named "Fuchaul." Yeah, you know how to say it, and where it's at.
Gosh, I can't wait to climb Sam this weekend. Ive dreamt about climbing on top of Sam my entire life. Ive trained for years to prepare to climb Sam with my bare hands.
@redhatwoodworker9795 Indian isn't really a slur. It was at one point, but it was used for so long that many natives prefer it (though their actual tribe name is almost always their first choice) Also, I think it's Negro. Which is not nearly as bad as the n word, but yeah, not a good name. I also saw nazi creek, a lot of stuff named after traitors, dead "engine" (not sure how offensive the actual word used is, but it sounds like engine)
The only reason Denali was called Mt McKinley is because McKinley bribed the naming committee to do so. It's not like he was going to be remembered as a great president, so why not? Which is one of the main reasons Alaskans never called it that. For locals, it's always been Denali.
That’s completely made up. It was unofficially named after him in 1896 while he was running for president and officially 16 years after his assassination.
@@rambam23 It was named McKinley in 1896 by gold prospector William A. Dickey in order to bolster McKinley's presidential campaign. But you are right that McKinley himself had nothing to do with this. The reason it was unofficial from 1896-1917 was that a lot of geographic landmarks in U.S. territories (AK didn't become a state until 1959) did not have official place names. But I do think it's funny that Ohio has spent decades trying to block the name being reverted back to Denali.
I would love to see the boards take on Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. A genuine town in Wales, UK. Translated into English: The church of St Mary at the pool of the white hazels near the fierce whirlpool and the church of St Tysilio of the red cave.
Hi Sam! Amy's Mountain is way better than Amys Mountain any day. In fact, after the emotional damage caused for even suggesting Amys Mountain, she deserves a raise!
@@ghost307 Two things. First, my comment was meant as a joke for powerful people able to vote even while deceased. Second, how would a person already deceased 5 years be able to raise funds for re-election? If you missed my joke, and your comment was similarly a joke, I missed it.
the exceptions to apostraphees breeches are bad, where is what should be used instead, it is called a grave marker ` it looks similar to an apostrophe but it isn't used for quotations as a delimiter. using it in names would fix the problem.
I was not able to find the spreadsheet, but it appears to be the list of places with "Squaw" in the name. This is apparently a derogatory term for Native Americans which I have almost never heard before! See Secretarial Order 3405 from the Department of the Interior. "Secretarial Order 3404 formally identifies the term “squaw” as derogatory and creates a federal task force to find replacement names for geographic features on federal lands bearing the term. The term has historically been used as an offensive ethnic, racial, and sexist slur, particularly for Indigenous women. There are currently more than 650 federal land units that contain the term, according to a database maintained by the Board on Geographic Names. The newly created Derogatory Geographic Names Task Force will include representatives from federal land management agencies, as well as diversity, equity, and inclusion experts from the Department. The Order requires that the task force engage in Tribal consultation and consider public feedback on proposed name changes."
The fact the US standardises how it spells and names foreign countries that get used in US press briefings and legislature is the reason that South Korea is just called Korea and the United Kingdom is just called Great Britain. Despite the incorrect geographical implications.
Korea gets called Republic of Korea in official government stuff when Korean officials are around. You are NEVER to call them South Korea, because that would be acknowledging the government of North Korea (the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea), the territory of which is claimed by the Republic of Korea. Because we love Korea so much, we don’t acknowledge North Korea’s government. It was only when I went to London that people actually got confused when I said “Korea” and they didn’t know which one I was talking about. All Americans know “Korea” is referring to South Korea because we don’t have diplomatic relations with North Korea.
@@ferretyluv It's because SK's official government policy is that NK is their territory and its citizens are their own. And given the dictatorial state of NK, any acknowledgement of the country could be seen as a recognition of its government. It's a similar reason to why the US and UK refer to Taiwan as Taipei, after the capital of the island. Because Taiwan recognises itself by that name, China does not and thus Taipei is neutral enough that both accept it as a valid name in international affairs involving both such as the Olympics.
Another reason we in the UK don't say just Korea is because of Ireland. Because Northern Ireland is part of the UK, saying a coworker is from Ireland can mean either Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, or island of Ireland. So it works as a standin for any of the three in casual conversation, but in professional conversations you'd specify.
@@safebox36 Yeah, that’s exactly what I said in my comment. But the US government and people refer to it as Taiwan (maybe not the highest levels of government). Nancy Pelosi called it Taiwan when she went over there causing a diplomatic incident. What you will never see Americans do is call it “Republic of China,” because that would be acknowledging their territorial claims, which includes parts of India, all of China, and all of Mongolia. The IOC calls it Chinese Taipei to appease China. Nobody else calls it that. You must also be an NK watcher like me. I’ve never seen anyone else use that abbreviation. I didn’t because people get confused when I do.
Why not simply get Amy to become the Secretary of the Interior? The answer is right there
Because she'll realize that there are better jobs out there and we can't have that
Serious question. Is Amy a real person? 😂
@@PigglyWigglyDeluxe yes she is one of the editors, she does show up in a few jet lag episodes if I remember correctly
Genius.
Outside Correspondent Secretary of the Interior Amy.
Many years ago I used google edit to alter the name on a park across the road from my house after my wife's online avatar name. Since the park did not have a name on google maps, then it was never altered, and remains that on google maps. The park does actually have name in the official records in a basement at city hall, but no one calls it that, nor is there a sign at that park to indicate such.
Guess what... Apple maps added it themselves, naming it the same as what i called it on google maps. Which means it is becoming normative.
I am simply biding time for another ten years (it has already been ten years) till I ask the local council to place a sign there, and that will be a 20 year planned valentines day which will defeat any other valentines day.
If you want something named the way you want it... aim for the long game. Plus you know, love.
My little brother when he was 5, did the same thing and changed the name of a random building to another name (forgot lol); pretty sure its still there
Well played.
There's a place name on Google Maps for "Benjamin Doyle's playground" in Switzerland because of JetLag
*slow clap* Beautiful.
+1
2:56 the coordinate’s point to a mountain called “Wendover”
Great resurch👏
Specifically it’s “Wendover Peak” above the town of Wendover.
There are a number of unnamed foothills nearby, though. I propose Mount Sam be the one immediately southwest of it.
@@gormster Is there one that's about half the height of Wendover Peak that we could name "Half As Mountain"?
I can just imagine those poor town residents having all their landmarks officially renamed despite no one who lives their actually calling them that
I heard America has adopted Sam as a short hand for their whole country and even given him the honorific "uncle"
00:00 ARE THOSE BRICKS
not ruSSia moment
Bricks part 2???
@@Rosey-op2bp pipe down
0:35 those are bricks
Mount Sam is a real mountain, apparently. But it is in Canada. Change your passport now
Lol. I approve
Or invade Canada, either works.
Isn't Sam from Europe?
How do you mention that while not mentioning it's attached to Octopus Mountain?
@@agsequeiram I hope that's a joke. Sam couldn't sound more American if he tried. 🤣
6:50 sounds so sadly serious, especially if it's coming from someone dead. which it isn't. yet.
19 February 2052
Funny you released this video today today because they just approved a name change of the highest point in Tennessee from Clingmans Dome (not surprisingly named after a Confederate Army general) to the Cherokee name of Kuwohi. It took several years, but basically everyone involved supported it, including basically all of the surrounding counties in both TN and NC.
Wow, that's terrible
@@John_Doe974 The southern US absolutely LOVED to name shit after racist Confederates. We're starting to reverse some of it but a lot of states are really pushing back. Mississippi JUST removed the Confederate flag from their state flag and South Carolina still flies that flag openly
@KevinPassino there's nothing wrong with that flag.
@@JamesBond-xx1lv If by nothing you mean, associated with slavery, racism, and treason, then yeah, nothing at all.
@@JamesBond-xx1lv The slavery and institutionalized racism aren't problems? That's wild. Plus the fact that it symbolizes being fucking losers 😂
Obscure US bureaucracy that is necessary for import modern technology to work, my beloved
What?
@@AlphaGeekgirl I'm saying that I like obscure US bureaucracy
Tbf this was also important for old technology to work, regular maps also don't work if all the names on them are wrong, you can't even give directions if the names are wrong.
Is HAI getting more and more custom animated? I like it!
Those sweet Nebula subs can help pay for more motion graphics artists
Mount Sam Helens will be the greatest tourist destination within the area of the mountain
💀💀💀
3:57 that's in Madeira Island, Portugal
Thanks, Sam, now 2.71M viewers will forever more think that the Bering Sea is _south_ of the Aleutians instead of north of them.
Right after their yearly mistakes video too
Half as interesting is TWICE as interesting now boys
TWICE???!?!!!
Ergo, now "Exactly as Interesting"
The cosplay at the naming convention is next level
The reason stated for not allowing Vampire Lake is actually logical. if it's a small remote area, Having a bunch of tourist suddenly showing up could cause more harm than good.
I live in rural NC and some Floridians (rich older people from other states, mostly NY and FL, buy up tons of land in the Smokies and move here for some reason, then proceed to complain about literally everything and try to change us culturally into where they moved away from. They also drive up land prices, encourage Real Estate companies to buy tons of land and build massive gated communities, it makes my blood boil but I digress) started a campaign to name the mountain they lived on “Gator Mountain”. And thankfully one of my dad’s friends who works in a local Gov’t office went through a ton of old files, newspapers, documents, etc. to find a name for the mountain that had been used enough times to set the precedent, and he submitted it and it got approved! I forgot the actual (now official!) name, but the most important part for me is that it’ll never be called “Gator Mountain”
The Florida to Asheville pipeline is crazy
@@Blowingmind I don’t mind people moving here, what bothers me is when they start to get involved in local politics and try to make here more like where they came from. Like, I genuinely don’t understand why they even left; if they want a place that’s just like where they left, then why not just stay there and not leave?
If Floridians are calling it a mountain, I imagine it must tower at least twenty feet above the surrounding landscape.
Good on you! At least you did something.
@@Lukusprime that seems to be a common sentiment. I am curious if you're calling all the blue ridge mountains in Western NC the "Smokies" or specifically the Smokies around Great Smoky mountain national Park. For instance I live somewhere around the "Great Balsam Mountains" in Western NC which are not part of the Smokies but are often called the Smokies by tourists
You can visit Sam's knob off of exit 420 on the blue ridge parkway. I can say from experience that the view is beautiful from the top of Sam's knob
Knobs are always made from pressed oak, and then you never ate your household responsibilities basically until the bottles started fracturing on a molecular level.
I actually saw Sam's knob on the highway. It was much bigger than I expected and I was really excited!!
@@ryanjohnson4565 Wow, AI really is the future!
@@gordon1545 yep.
Fun fact! Two weeks before this video released, I submitted a name request to name an unnamed stream near my property!
4:22 Last night I drove to Harper’s Ferry and I thought about you.
A-ha! So it was YOU who stole the apostrophe off of Harpers Ferry!
There’s a mount Sam in East Kootenay, BC, Canada 🇨🇦 🏔️ (2871m, 9419ft)
11 miles from where I live, there's a landfill with a garbage mountain that could definitely be named "Mount Sam". I think it's fitting and the perfect place. You'll be able to see Mount Sam on your commute if you take the train too! Heck, Mount Sam can be seen right from the freeway. I'll talk to waste management and see if they like the idea.
Here just to applaud "naming conventions". Well done, Sir. Well done! 😂👏
Now I'm curious to know how Death Valley got approved as an official name for the lands surrounding Furnace Creek in the Californian desert.
by being named 30 years before that organization was created.
Also it's pretty descriptive. It's a valley that's hot enough to kill you.
By being a valley that kills you. It’s a very useful name. Would YOU go to a place called “Death Valley” ? Because it genuinely does kill you.
I was told that it's a valley where people die. Been there several times, and found it accurate enough.
@@keiyakins That's not why it's named that though, it was named by east coast explorers assumed the valley would be where they would die because they got lost, they were mostly fine though, I think 1 person died in total.
The longest name for a lake in the US is in Massachusetts and is called Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg, which means “English knifemen and Nipmuck Indians at the boundary or neutral fishing place”
thats the "humorous translation" which is "probably not correct"
@@PlutoTheSynth if the name itself is humorous, an humorous translation would be accurate.
It does seem like a funny name
@@PlutoTheSynth Edited
I had my daughter build a mound in her sand box. We're calling it Mount Samd
You skipped a step added in many states: Review by volunteer state-level Geographic Names Boards.
I’m on one of those state-level BGNs. I was going to mention the same thing, but you beat me to it :)
These people really approved of “Poo Poo Point” Issaquah, WA (probably)
Not Mt Sam. You should rename an ocean depth as Sam’s Bottom!
4:03 Can't wait for the proposal to get accepted on November 19th so that this has to go in the yearly mistakes video.
A radio tower on top of a mountain with no name in Wendover Utah. Excellent choice for your secret lair.
I propose that Mount Doom be renamed Mount Sam
Unfortunately the Maori already named it Mount Ngauruhoe.
@@Croz89how does one pronounce this
@@1SSJA I don't know, have to ask a Maori person.
@@Croz89 Is there a pinnacle-like rock formation in the area that they could consider naming Sauron Rock or something like that?
0:40 why is that eagle so yassified
the govt is gay
Remember when they renamed Shonash Ravine to Clayton Ravine and then for some reason it was called Eastwood Ravine?
5:33 "im cooked" Sam 2024
Mt Sam, right off Interstate 80 northeast of Wendover, UT.
"I'm cooked" made me giggle lol. God, your videos are always so fucking funny. 5-6 years in and haven't been disappointed once
0:15 when you watch a Modern Family episode before you write your script.
You didn't link the spreadsheet? Boo Hiss! We all wanted to see those forbidden place names!
I think the word is Fork
@@SayonR No.
Another commenter above is correct. - @randyreese6413
@@pace1195 oh shoot, I did come across that word as well but I didn't know it's meaning lol
"Benjamin Harrison-"
Me: Who?
"-one of our most forgettable presidents-"
Me: ...can't argue with that I guess
“alright, let’s see how it works” has the most depressing tone ever
Naming conventions!!! Plainly genius pun
Fun fact: Mount Diablo in the bay area was proposed to be renamed Mount Reagan (for Ronald Reagan), which was rejected. This was because he was not yet dead.
Why can’t places be named after animals? Plus I’m pretty sure there are many place names with animals in them such as “Banner Elk, NC”.
me who was waiting for jet lag to upload
I was successful with the case I submitted to the BGN. They changed the name, and I was happy. The local newspaper even found it newsworthy.
If only there was a BGN when the John Day River in Oregon was named. No, not that one, the other one.
(John Day was a relatively unremarkable person in Oregon history who sonehow managed to get two rivers, two towns, a dam, and a national monument named after him.)
And he spent most of his time in Oregon along the Columbia River and Astoria, whereas the towns are all in eastern Oregon's interior.
With our luck, they name it "Sams Hill" - no apostrophe!
In the British Empire, place names are determined by whether or not you're wearing the captain's hat.
(If you understand the reference, you're awesome)
Hey Sam, you should look into how aviation waypoint names are made. I wonder if the process is similar. I am aware that some air traffic controllers have had waypoints named after them.
I suspect some clever people with senses of humor at the FAA just make them up. It takes some creativity to come up with more-or-less pronounceable names consisting of exactly five letters. Some of my favorites are FATSO, near New Orleans, and the waypoints on the RNAV (GPS) RWY 16 approach at Portsmouth International (KPSM) in New Hampshire: ITAWT, ITAWA, PUDYE, TTATT, IDEED. (There's another waypoint called CARAY but it doesn't really fit the theme.)
Blue Snake of the West River. I did not know that was at one point the name of that river. I do know that John Powel and his expedition sailed down the "Grand" river, and that they named the "Grand' canyon for same said. Not because of its size. Happy coincidence.
I want to establish a town named "Fuchaul." Yeah, you know how to say it, and where it's at.
Should've sent your outside correspondent Amy to check out the mountain
+1 for “Half As Mountain”
The ambiguity of a location name is great to confuse an invading enemies!
Alexa: Set a reminder for five years after Sam Denby dies.
“Mount Sam” sounds like a request
So if there's a currently unnamed mountain between Rosamond and Gorman, California that you want to name Billy Mountain, you know who to contact.
Don't go looking for creek names around ottville or seatonville Illinois. 😅
Gosh, I can't wait to climb Sam this weekend. Ive dreamt about climbing on top of Sam my entire life. Ive trained for years to prepare to climb Sam with my bare hands.
Of course we have a standard naming agency. Of COURSE we do.
2:36 names such as… that a lot of places with the n word.
It can’t possibly be THAT word, can it? I thought it was probably Indian. Can someone find the spreadsheet for us please?
A sidebar with google reveals that the word is probably squaw.
@redhatwoodworker9795 Indian isn't really a slur. It was at one point, but it was used for so long that many natives prefer it (though their actual tribe name is almost always their first choice)
Also, I think it's Negro. Which is not nearly as bad as the n word, but yeah, not a good name. I also saw nazi creek, a lot of stuff named after traitors, dead "engine" (not sure how offensive the actual word used is, but it sounds like engine)
@@redhatwoodworker9795d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/media/files/S03404%2520Candidate%2520Names.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjmwfrhzc2IAxWJRP4FHaItKewQFnoECBAQAQ&usg=AOvVaw0Rx0AlHsCgANW8PZQ5NY0-
Can confirm it is squaw, I googled one of the co-ordinates and it came up with the spreadsheet shown on the video
The only reason Denali was called Mt McKinley is because McKinley bribed the naming committee to do so. It's not like he was going to be remembered as a great president, so why not? Which is one of the main reasons Alaskans never called it that. For locals, it's always been Denali.
He lost after a century.
That’s completely made up. It was unofficially named after him in 1896 while he was running for president and officially 16 years after his assassination.
@@rambam23 It was named McKinley in 1896 by gold prospector William A. Dickey in order to bolster McKinley's presidential campaign. But you are right that McKinley himself had nothing to do with this. The reason it was unofficial from 1896-1917 was that a lot of geographic landmarks in U.S. territories (AK didn't become a state until 1959) did not have official place names. But I do think it's funny that Ohio has spent decades trying to block the name being reverted back to Denali.
@@de132 Excellent point that he wasn’t president yet, fixed.
Nice. No wait, I mean GNIS.
Kitchen Appliance Naming Institute
"What's that thing do?"
"It keeps things fresh"
"Well then, that's a Fresher.... I'm going on break!"
I would love to see the boards take on Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. A genuine town in Wales, UK. Translated into English: The church of St Mary at the pool of the white hazels near the fierce whirlpool and the church of St Tysilio of the red cave.
Hi Sam!
Amy's Mountain is way better than Amys Mountain any day. In fact, after the emotional damage caused for even suggesting Amys Mountain, she deserves a raise!
I literally had never heard of this until a week ago. Coincidence is genuinely insane.
5:55 what does that piano mean?
"Mount Sam" could be taken a number of different directions 6.6
2:07 I can never escape the snail
woooooo, paperwork!!!!!!!! we love unnecessarily complicated stuff🔥🔥🔥
There is a real Mount Sam in British Columbia, but that's in the strange Not-America reaches of the map
Good news! We got the name done and it's now "Sams Mountain". Your welcome.
Nothing should be named after any politicians until 25 years after they pass away.
And never years after they die, if you happen to be a presidential candidate right now, specifically the orange and convicted criminal one
Is that because it takes that long for them to not be able to vote themselves for their own namesake item?
@@pace1195 It's to limit their use of taxpayer funds to get giant signs erected with their names that can be used for their re-election.
@@ghost307 Two things. First, my comment was meant as a joke for powerful people able to vote even while deceased.
Second, how would a person already deceased 5 years be able to raise funds for re-election? If you missed my joke, and your comment was similarly a joke, I missed it.
So should Washington Reagan Airport revert back to National Airport until 2029?
Nothing like Sam over explaining a beaucratic process.
Instead of Mount Sam, I propose Sammy McSamface.
the exceptions to apostraphees breeches are bad, where is what should be used instead, it is called a grave marker `
it looks similar to an apostrophe but it isn't used for quotations as a delimiter. using it in names would fix the problem.
What is the link to the offensive names list?
Today's Fact: The highest point in North America is Denali (formerly known as Mount McKinley) in Alaska, which stands at 20,310 feet tall.
That mountain gets mentioned in the video no way
I heard a turtle got lost up there
@@limhan3209I miss this kinda humor
denali is a mountain in alaska
And it's often considered the hardest of the Seven Summits to climb alongside Aconcagua in South America.
1:07 Is that a video from inside the Supreme Court? I thought that wasn’t allowed
Its not, maybe from some state supreme court at best but probably just some royalty free clip
Currently there's Bitch Lake in Idaho
Mount Sam? Don't mind if I do! 😂
I *KNOW* far in the future someone will come 5 years after his death and say WHERE'S MOUNT SAM
erm, you wrote devils tower twice in the thunbnail 🤓
We used to have a Mount Cerberus. Until bureaucrats decided that was too cool to have.
I nominate Mount Sam for surface mining and subsequent implosion
2:35 For the record, the word in question here is "squaw"
I'm not saying I went to Google Maps and submitted a data correction for Mount Sam at the coordinates at 3:00
But I'm also not saying I didn't
"im cooked"
Dear lord, hearing wendov- HAI guy say that is unnatural
if you put enough "mount sam" signs, people will use this name locally and you'll be able to ask for a change
2:36 you can’t just drop that and not link it! Give us the spicy list!
I was not able to find the spreadsheet, but it appears to be the list of places with "Squaw" in the name. This is apparently a derogatory term for Native Americans which I have almost never heard before! See Secretarial Order 3405 from the Department of the Interior.
"Secretarial Order 3404 formally identifies the term “squaw” as derogatory and creates a federal task force to find replacement names for geographic features on federal lands bearing the term. The term has historically been used as an offensive ethnic, racial, and sexist slur, particularly for Indigenous women. There are currently more than 650 federal land units that contain the term, according to a database maintained by the Board on Geographic Names.
The newly created Derogatory Geographic Names Task Force will include representatives from federal land management agencies, as well as diversity, equity, and inclusion experts from the Department. The Order requires that the task force engage in Tribal consultation and consider public feedback on proposed name changes."
@@broadestsmiler Not gonna lie, not the word I thought of.
@@benx6264 I was surprised too!
@@benx6264 We thought the left column said ****** but a list of "squaw" places is bigger.
Maybe talk to Sam over at Wendover and see if you could maybe name the mountain Mount Wendover. 😉
Dope 3-D Animation!
That lack of apostrophes also drives me nuts
Here in Australia my favourite place name is Bobs Farm, sadly also with no apostrophe.
I agree wholeheartedly that an apostrophe to symbolize possessiveness
Petition to rename Maryland Heights to Sam Mountain.
The fact the US standardises how it spells and names foreign countries that get used in US press briefings and legislature is the reason that South Korea is just called Korea and the United Kingdom is just called Great Britain.
Despite the incorrect geographical implications.
Korea gets called Republic of Korea in official government stuff when Korean officials are around. You are NEVER to call them South Korea, because that would be acknowledging the government of North Korea (the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea), the territory of which is claimed by the Republic of Korea. Because we love Korea so much, we don’t acknowledge North Korea’s government. It was only when I went to London that people actually got confused when I said “Korea” and they didn’t know which one I was talking about. All Americans know “Korea” is referring to South Korea because we don’t have diplomatic relations with North Korea.
@@ferretyluv It's because SK's official government policy is that NK is their territory and its citizens are their own.
And given the dictatorial state of NK, any acknowledgement of the country could be seen as a recognition of its government.
It's a similar reason to why the US and UK refer to Taiwan as Taipei, after the capital of the island.
Because Taiwan recognises itself by that name, China does not and thus Taipei is neutral enough that both accept it as a valid name in international affairs involving both such as the Olympics.
Another reason we in the UK don't say just Korea is because of Ireland.
Because Northern Ireland is part of the UK, saying a coworker is from Ireland can mean either Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, or island of Ireland.
So it works as a standin for any of the three in casual conversation, but in professional conversations you'd specify.
@@safebox36 Yeah, that’s exactly what I said in my comment. But the US government and people refer to it as Taiwan (maybe not the highest levels of government). Nancy Pelosi called it Taiwan when she went over there causing a diplomatic incident. What you will never see Americans do is call it “Republic of China,” because that would be acknowledging their territorial claims, which includes parts of India, all of China, and all of Mongolia. The IOC calls it Chinese Taipei to appease China. Nobody else calls it that.
You must also be an NK watcher like me. I’ve never seen anyone else use that abbreviation. I didn’t because people get confused when I do.
@@ferretyluv moreso that I don't remember NK's official title so I don't know the official abbreviation 😅😂
Mount Sam sounds like a great Saturday night
yo i swear it seems that there are so many obscure gov't agencies that i have never heard of in my life lol
did sam just hint us towards twice as interesting?!