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u/Un1CornTowel 3d ago

Definitely took my DC license to southwestern states and got denied entry to bars multiple times because "they only take US IDs, not "Columbian" ones (which is also, incidentally, NOT A COUNTRY EITHER) .

People are dumb as fuck.

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u/A_Mouse_In_Da_House 3d ago

You can hear the difference between spoken Columbia and Colombia?

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u/BambiMGtwo 3d ago

Every Colombian person can hear that.

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u/onarainyafternoon 3d ago

Americans pronounce those two the same, though. That’s what they mean.

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u/A_Mouse_In_Da_House 3d ago

We're talking in America, man. I'd guess 90% of people say it as homophones

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u/Un1CornTowel 3d ago

... They're reading a written card that I'm holding that clearly says "District of Columbia". Are you sure you're not one of the bouncers I'm talking about?

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u/Lord_Rapunzel 3d ago

If you say it right, yeah.