No one calls it “Paree, Texas” either.
Now, ask a Spanish speaker why we call the basbeall team Shohei Ohtani wasted 6 years of his life with “The The Angels Angels”, and I’m answering that I’m sure it has something to do with Arte Moreno being a dipshit
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Actually…
The siege of Detroit, also known as the surrender of Detroit or the Battle of Fort Detroit, was an early engagement in the War of 1812. A British force under Major General Isaac Brock in cooperation with Indigenous warriors under Shawnee leader Tecumseh used bluff and deception to intimidate American Brigadier General William Hull into surrendering the fort and town of Detroit, the Michigan Territory, and his army which actually outnumbered the victorious British and Indigenous warriors.
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Detroit is the only American city to ever surrender to a foreign power.
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Jah26
April 7, 2026, 8:27pm
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Almost posted that earlier.
Brock, Tecumseh, Shawnee are all street names on the Canadian side.
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socko
April 7, 2026, 10:11pm
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I guess the French name fits then.
100000000000000% Deeeeeeeeeeeetrooooit.
Everything is POP.
There is Vernors and everyone else.
“My family is from here” and pointing to a spot on my hand.
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Jah26
April 9, 2026, 2:22pm
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Being from Windsor, I totally miss my hand if I try that.
Ironically, Windsor is closer to Deeeetroit than all of its suburbs. Like less than a mile away.
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