minus-squareShapillon@lemmy.worldtoNot The Onion@lemmy.world•Trump given power to rename Greenland 'Red, White and Blueland' under new bill tabled by RepublicanslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 hours agoIn French Deutschland is Allemagne because of some random tribe we named for how they said everybody. I’m pretty sure we just sent some half deaf guy to Asia too. And that’s how Nippon became Japon, Beijing became Pekin, etc. Amyways, exonyms are cringe. linkfedilink
minus-squareShapillon@lemmy.worldtoNot The Onion@lemmy.world•Trump given power to rename Greenland 'Red, White and Blueland' under new bill tabled by RepublicanslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 hours agoI was fully expecting a 4:33 here. linkfedilink
In French Deutschland is Allemagne because of some random tribe we named for how they said everybody.
I’m pretty sure we just sent some half deaf guy to Asia too. And that’s how Nippon became Japon, Beijing became Pekin, etc.
Amyways, exonyms are cringe.