States of America
If you look at the title of the original
Declaration of Independence you’ll
note that united was written in small
letters and uncapitalized while States
of America is in big letters, dwarfing
the united. United looks more like a
common adjective than part of a proper
noun, like a remora on a ray, dressing
on a salad, a word they could’ve cut if
word count had been a pressing issue.
It makes you wonder if the founding
fathers had intended the name of this
country to be States of America. They
weren’t all that particular about the
united aspect. That explains a lot.