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		ithkuil on Feb 17, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: California's population dropped by 500k in 2 years yeah, it's not clear to me whether the proper way to call the United States is the United States or United states.

selimthegrim on Feb 25, 2023 [–]

before the Civil War it was often "these United States"

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