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minus-squarecall_me_xale@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·2 months agoWhy… why is Philadelphia spelled with an “F”?
minus-squarebryndos@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 months agoVirginia Occidentale has a nice ring to it. It’'d fuck up John Denver too.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months ago🎵 Portami a casa, vie di campagna 🎶
minus-squarehansolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·2 months agoIt’s translated into French it looks like. Did you not notice “Virginia Occidental”?
minus-squarekungen@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoIt’s Spanish, no? Philadelphia in French is Philadelphie.
minus-squarerenzhexiangjiao@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 months agomy guess is Italian, in Spanish it would have been “occidental”
minus-squarehansolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months agoMaybe so. I checked against Italian and it wasn’t that. Occidentale would be “Western” in Spanish and “West” in French, so tjat tjrew me off. But as others said, no translation of “New”? Is…is the map trolling us?
minus-squaretigeruppercut@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoThey translated “west”, but not “new”.
minus-squareMartj9@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoIn 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
minus-squareDenjin@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoThe meme maker was threatened with a cease and decist order by Kraft-Heinz.
minus-squareRobbsen1@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoBecause thats how it is pronounced
minus-squarepsud@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoItalian doesn’t make that sound in any way except with “f”
Why… why is Philadelphia spelled with an “F”?
Virginia Occidentale has a nice ring to it. It’'d fuck up John Denver too.
🎵 Portami a casa, vie di campagna 🎶
It’s translated into French it looks like.
Did you not notice “Virginia Occidental”?
It’s Spanish, no? Philadelphia in French is Philadelphie.
my guess is Italian, in Spanish it would have been “occidental”
It is italian
Maybe so. I checked against Italian and it wasn’t that. Occidentale would be “Western” in Spanish and “West” in French, so tjat tjrew me off.
But as others said, no translation of “New”?
Is…is the map trolling us?
They translated “west”, but not “new”.
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
Right? This map is so weird.
The meme maker was threatened with a cease and decist order by Kraft-Heinz.
Because thats how it is pronounced
Italian doesn’t make that sound in any way except with “f”