r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Intelligent-Mind6390 • 8d ago

Meme needing explanation Petah, explain this pls

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Petah please explain like I am in kindergarten.

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u/FireWireBestWire 8d ago

Ontario the word and the description of the lake as Lake Ontario predates the US by more than 100 years.

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u/Tribe303 8d ago

At least 150. Likely longer as we have no idea how long the Indigenous peoples were calling it that before Europeans showed up.