▲ 435 ▼ Latitudes (mander.xyz) submitted 9 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 105 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 5 points 9 months ago (3 children) They translated "west", but not "new". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Martj9@piefed.social 4 points 9 months ago In Italian we said Nuova York until, let's say, the sixties. Virginia Occidentale is quite uncommon too, I have to say. It's more common simply West Virginia. People used to translate more than today permalink fedilink source parent [–] huf@hexbear.net 4 points 9 months ago translation of names can get pretty arbitrary. eg, which "new"-s would you translate among these: new york, new zealand, new hampshire, newfoundland? permalink fedilink source parent [–] hansolo@lemmy.today 2 points 9 months ago Right? This map is so weird. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Martj9@piefed.social 4 points 9 months ago In Italian we said Nuova York until, let's say, the sixties. Virginia Occidentale is quite uncommon too, I have to say. It's more common simply West Virginia. People used to translate more than today permalink fedilink source parent
[–] huf@hexbear.net 4 points 9 months ago translation of names can get pretty arbitrary. eg, which "new"-s would you translate among these: new york, new zealand, new hampshire, newfoundland? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 2 points 9 months ago Right? This map is so weird. permalink fedilink source parent
