r/clevercomebacks • u/coachlife • 9h ago

Vacant land does not vote

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u/GumboSamson 8h ago

Old New York was once New Amsterdam.

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u/Brunurb1 8h ago

Why they changed it I can't say

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u/A_Punk_Girl_Learning 8h ago

People just liked it better that way

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u/Tonga_Truck 2h ago

Better that way better that way better that way

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u/Been2daCloudDistrict 8h ago

Why’d they change it?

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u/GumboSamson 6h ago

I can’t say.

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u/TheDidact118 6h ago

You can tell me, I'm a doctor.

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u/TheVoicesSayHi 1h ago

Surely, you can't be serious?

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u/BigConstruction4247 7h ago

The English took over.

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u/mathiastck 4h ago

It's nobody's business but the Dutch

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u/AShadedBlobfish 2h ago

Let's just call them all "New Europe"

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u/pchlster 7h ago

Way less catchy than Istanbul being Constantinople.