SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 14 hours agoWhat's the worst spelling you've seen?lemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square90fedilinkarrow-up1486arrow-down14
arrow-up1482arrow-down1imageWhat's the worst spelling you've seen?lemmy.dbzer0.comSnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 14 hours agomessage-square90fedilink
minus-squaremic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 hours agoI know a Paris, a Virginia, and a Georgia, just off the top of my head. Location names are weird, but not unheard of.
minus-squareplyth@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·31 minutes agoThe names were first. The locations are named after names. Even America was a name first. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerigo_Vespucci
minus-squareherrvogel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·35 minutes agoThose were all human names first. Places named after people, not the other way around.
I know a Paris, a Virginia, and a Georgia, just off the top of my head. Location names are weird, but not unheard of.
The names were first. The locations are named after names.
Even America was a name first.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerigo_Vespucci
Those were all human names first. Places named after people, not the other way around.