fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 3か月前Marie Curiemander.xyzimagemessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up11.04Karrow-down111cross-posted to: onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone
arrow-up11.03Karrow-down1imageMarie Curiemander.xyzfossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 3か月前message-square46fedilinkcross-posted to: onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone
minus-squaresqgl@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-23か月前 The highest peak in Australia is Mt Kościuszko but Australians don’t know it’s named after polish General because they can’t even say it. They pronounce it their own way and they do know it is a pole. Are you suggesting they think it is an Anglo-Saxon name? Like Jonno Kościuszko?
minus-squareSlovene@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3か月前But it’s NOT a pole, it’s a whole mountain, dumdum.
They pronounce it their own way and they do know it is a pole. Are you suggesting they think it is an Anglo-Saxon name? Like Jonno Kościuszko?
But it’s NOT a pole, it’s a whole mountain, dumdum.