Cross-post 196 and NonCredibleDefense. Sh.itJustWorks

  • AggressivelyPassive@feddit.de
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    9 months ago

    I’m not saying that this is what I would call a stereotypical Texan argument, but framing it like the wording immediately makes them a Russian troll is just pretty far fetched. Especially claiming that port is a weird word in its own.

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      9 months ago

      Perhaps I should have prefaced my argument with the fact that I’m bilingual, I spent half of my life over there and half in the US and I tend to pick up on the slight wording differences. But I do see where you are coming from with the skepticism. I appreciate you fact checking me on this. I agree, port is not specifically a Russian word, but it would be a primary choice of a word for a Russian speaker, as well as the primary bragging point.

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        9 months ago

        You aren’t wrong. I am an average american in the southwest and no one says “warm water port”. None of them freeze south of Alaska. Its a useless distinction for 95% of the country.

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        9 months ago

        Most Americans on the west coast call any place a shipping container can unload or an aircraft carrier to dock a port.

        A grand total of zero Americans would ever think to disambiguate a warm water port or not. Especially from Texas. That’s the weird part. Not the word port itself.

        Harbor is usually reserved for non-commercial or fishing use only.