(07-07-2020, 02:07 AM)37thchamber Wrote:Isn't the capital literally named DC, as in "District of Columbia" though?I mean its not literally named DC, its Washington. We call it DC more or less so you dont have to specify the city or the state, and also because theres really nothing else in the District of Columbia.
I dont know much about poetry so I could be wrong, but ive never heard anyone refer to the US as Columbia.