- 27 days
Been a long time gone, Constantinople. Why did Constantinople get the works?
26 daysYou know how camels are called humpies? Maybe he can name lickspittles trumpies
- 26 days
You know how camels are called humpies?
No, I’m not aware of this at all
Maybe he can name lickspittles trumpies
Now I’m even more lost! But I really enjoyed hearing these words in my inner reading voice.
No, I’m not aware of this at all
you are now! spread the good word
- 27 days
What’s interesting is that the name “Istanbul” is still Greek.
it developed in Turkish 16c. as a corruption of Greek phrase eis tan (ten) polin “in (or to) the city,” which is how the local Greek population referred to it.
- BaroqBard@lemmy.worldEnglish26 days
NEEEEEERD!
… actually I was rolling into the comments to say the same thing. Right on brother
Why they changed it, I can’t say. Maybe people just liked it better that way?
- toynbee@piefed.socialEnglish27 days
Yeah, but it seemed like they didn’t really understand the reasoning behind it, so perhaps someone more authoritative should be consulted.
Perdóname but until you find a giant, no one is not authoritative than Those Who Might Be
- 26 days
Kinda bad comparison.
Beijing was always* beijing. Peking was just a european fever dream.
On the other hand
Constantinople was the offical name and got later renamed Istanbul.
- 25 days
Yeah, i guess it’s just one of those weird Euro things. Just like measuring things in deci/centilitres. When I lived in the UK everyone called it Beijing and measured everything in ml.
