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minus-squarecall_me_xale@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·5 months agoWhy… why is Philadelphia spelled with an “F”?
minus-squarehansolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·5 months agoIt’s translated into French it looks like. Did you not notice “Virginia Occidental”?
minus-squarekungen@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months agoIt’s Spanish, no? Philadelphia in French is Philadelphie.
minus-squarerenzhexiangjiao@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·5 months agomy guess is Italian, in Spanish it would have been “occidental”
minus-squaretigeruppercut@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoThey translated “west”, but not “new”.
minus-squareMartj9@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 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-squarehuf [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agotranslation of names can get pretty arbitrary. eg, which “new”-s would you translate among these: new york, new zealand, new hampshire, newfoundland?
minus-squarebryndos@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up8·5 months agoVirginia Occidentale has a nice ring to it. It’'d fuck up John Denver too.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months ago🎵 Portami a casa, vie di campagna 🎶
minus-squareDenjin@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoThe meme maker was threatened with a cease and decist order by Kraft-Heinz.
minus-squareRobbsen1@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoBecause thats how it is pronounced
minus-squareKefla [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoWhy would you spell it with a ph?
Why… why is Philadelphia spelled with an “F”?
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
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
translation of names can get pretty arbitrary. eg, which “new”-s would you translate among these: new york, new zealand, new hampshire, newfoundland?
Right? This map is so weird.
Virginia Occidentale has a nice ring to it. It’'d fuck up John Denver too.
🎵 Portami a casa, vie di campagna 🎶
The meme maker was threatened with a cease and decist order by Kraft-Heinz.
Because thats how it is pronounced
Why would you spell it with a ph?