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minus-squarecall_me_xale@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·7 days agoWhy… why is Philadelphia spelled with an “F”?
minus-squarepsud@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoItalian doesn’t make that sound in any way except with “f”
minus-squarebryndos@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up11·7 days agoVirginia Occidentale has a nice ring to it. It’'d fuck up John Denver too.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 days ago🎵 Portami a casa, vie di campagna 🎶
minus-squarehansolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·7 days agoIt’s translated into French it looks like. Did you not notice “Virginia Occidental”?
minus-squarekungen@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 days agoIt’s Spanish, no? Philadelphia in French is Philadelphie.
minus-squarerenzhexiangjiao@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·7 days agomy guess is Italian, in Spanish it would have been “occidental”
minus-squarehansolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-26 days 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-up5·7 days agoThey translated “west”, but not “new”.
minus-squareMartj9@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 days 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-up5·7 days agoThe meme maker was threatened with a cease and decist order by Kraft-Heinz.
minus-squareRobbsen1@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 days agoBecause thats how it is pronounced
Why… why is Philadelphia spelled with an “F”?
Italian doesn’t make that sound in any way except with “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