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[–] call_me_xale@lemmy.zip 23 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Why... why is Philadelphia spelled with an "F"?

[–] bryndos@fedia.io 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Virginia Occidentale has a nice ring to it. It''d fuck up John Denver too.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

🎵 Portami a casa, vie di campagna 🎶

[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 10 points 3 months ago (2 children)

It's translated into French it looks like.

Did you not notice "Virginia Occidental"?

[–] kungen@feddit.nu 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

It's Spanish, no? Philadelphia in French is Philadelphie.

[–] renzhexiangjiao@piefed.blahaj.zone 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

my guess is Italian, in Spanish it would have been "occidental"

[–] Martj9@piefed.social 9 points 3 months ago
[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Maybe so. I checked against Italian and it wasn't that. Occidentale would be "Western" in Spanish and "West" in French, so tjat tjrew me off.

But as others said, no translation of "New"?

Is.....is the map trolling us?

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

They translated "west", but not "new".

[–] Martj9@piefed.social 4 points 3 months ago

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

[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 2 points 3 months ago

Right? This map is so weird.

[–] Denjin@feddit.uk 5 points 3 months ago

The meme maker was threatened with a cease and decist order by Kraft-Heinz.

[–] Robbsen1@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 months ago

Because thats how it is pronounced

[–] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 3 months ago

Italian doesn't make that sound in any way except with "f"