laurenceOfSuburbia@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 2 days agoConstantinople sounds way cooler tbhlemmy.worldimagemessage-square58linkfedilinkarrow-up1307arrow-down122
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minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·15 hours agoPeking Duck Beijing Duck Chicken Kiev Chicken Kyiv
minus-squareYTG123@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·16 hours agoThe university is still named that way
minus-squareTartas1995@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day agoKinda 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.
minus-squareSubArcticTundra@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 hours agoYeah, 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.
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Peking DuckBeijing DuckChicken KievChicken KyivThe university is still named that way
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.
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.
in finnish it’s still “peking”
Same in Czech