I feel ashamed of myself for only realizing this just now
9 years ago by judochop · 1768 Likes · 29 comments · Popular
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alvisminer
· 9 years ago
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I never realized this either .0.
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harmonywho
· 9 years ago
This is a revelation to me as well. The thought never so much as crossed my mind
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yecharon
· 9 years ago
Well duh..
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yecharon
· 9 years ago
I'm not even American and i knew this
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nicholaskain
· 9 years ago
Well technically... it's the other way around. U.S. stands for Uncle Sam.
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mcsandwich
· 9 years ago
wow... just wow.
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lecomte
· 9 years ago
I hope you're joking.
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ironman
· 9 years ago
He's not wrong.
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mcsandwich
· 9 years ago
except that he is.
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nicholaskain
· 9 years ago
How the heck am I wrong?
mcsandwich
· 9 years ago
Army supplies were stamped U.S. mean united states. so its not the other way around. nickname stuck cause a supplier who was called "uncle sam". But still.. US still stood for United States
ironman
· 9 years ago
When we say X stands for Y, it means X is the abbreviation of Y. So this post implies that U.S stands for Uncle Sam, along with United States.
nicholaskain
· 9 years ago
Thanks for the clarification ironman
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ironman
· 9 years ago
Just doing the day job.
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mcsandwich
· 9 years ago
The post was saying he realized that "uncle sam" came from the US stamp. but the commenter implied that the US was meant to mean uncle sam which is wrong.
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nicholaskain
· 9 years ago
No that's not what I implied
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harmonywho
· 9 years ago
It really is what you outright said. "U.S. stands for Uncle Sam." That is what you said. U.S. stands for United States, and Uncle Sam is the persona used to represent the U.S. therefore his initials match that of United States.
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nicholaskain
· 9 years ago
That is what I said
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harmonywho
· 9 years ago
Okay... Read my comment again carefully. I don't think you're getting the difference that I'm trying to explain
mcsandwich
· 9 years ago
thank you harmonywho
harmonywho
· 9 years ago
I edited it a bit so maybe it's a bit more clear than before
nicholaskain
· 9 years ago
Yeah thanks for clarifying that's what I meant
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harmonywho
· 9 years ago
Did I clarify that what was what you meant? You're very wishy washy
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deleted
· 9 years ago
Uncle sAM= America :)
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guest
· 9 years ago
Where are you from?
guest
· 9 years ago
Well, DUH!
paxxyagent
· 9 years ago
I dont think that was intentional
paxxyagent
· 9 years ago
Actually, it might have been, but theres no real point
guest
· 9 years ago
Actually, it was very intentional. The term "Uncle Sam" dates back to WWI, when soldiers would get care packages from their families and the addresses would say "u.s." legend is that one smart ass soldier kept referring to the "u.s." as his "uncle Sam"
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