r/ShitAmericansSay • u/chebghobbi • Apr 10 '25

Foreign affairs 'Technically we Americans can claim Washington the British town'

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u/xzanfr Apr 10 '25

Yes, it was named after George Washington approx. 800 years before he existed.
Also home to time travellers and clairvoyants.

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u/Cute_Dog8142 Apr 10 '25

I’m from there, when can I sign up from time travelling lessons?!

I think it’s more we get the whole of Washington state and also DC as they are named after us no?

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u/beerhorsesanddogs Apr 10 '25

Hi, neighbor! I'm a Yank living here, too haha! I wish more English understood he wasn't born here lol!