The “commonwealth” appellation is merely stylistic and carries no legal or political significance.
a traditional English term used to describe a political community as having been founded for the common good,
Ah yes, sure the indigenous peoples agree
It’s just a name, it means nothing legally
Well it does mean in criminal cases you don’t call the prosecutors the state, but you call them “the commonwealth” which is interesting.
And they’re annoying about it
sometimes we Pennsylvanians like to be a little fancy
She on my wealth til I com.
bonk me again and i will use jawn in a very unfitting and cringeworthy way
jokes on you I’m not originally from Philly i find all uses of jawn to be cringe (and use it anyway) YOUR MOVE
I doff my had to you good sir
ikr? Colonialism is so damn fancy.
i mean it wouldn’t be any less colonial if it was called a state :( but that’s a fair point
I knew PA was didn’t know Kentucky was
Yup. They’re both working for the common good.
They claim to be. Massachusetts even succeeds sometimes
Mass, maybe. Virginia, probably not. Pennsylvania, no. Kentucky is where the common good goes to die.
Massachusetts also has Baltimore, the nation’s largest independent city.
Weird way to spell Maryland
Baltimore ma……
…ssassappi
Gosh dang it! Welp, I’ll see myself out.
No. That’s not correct. Get your shit straight.
