Even if he got it right, calling it the Malvinas is practically siding with Argentina, as far as the Brits are concerned. Try going into Istanbul and start refrring to it as Constantinople or Byzantium and see what happens.
“Even if he got it right, calling it the Malvinas is practically siding with Argentina, as far as the Brits are concerned.”
You’re right; he fully intended to say “Malvinas” to pander to all of those countries. Many of them feel no affinity towards Argentina, but also accept that the islands should belong to them.
Americans rarely refer to them as “the Malvinas Islands”; it was pandering to Hispanic voters here as well.
those Byzantines may be down but they’re not out!
why they changed it I can’t say, I guess they just liked it better that way.... (tmbg ping)..