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Word for Thursday in European Languages (upload.wikimedia.org)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by infeeeee@lemm.ee to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

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[–] alex@jlai.lu 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Political maps are a terrible tool for visualizing cultural / linguistic practices (and on this one, colonization didn't make it even worse). Just gotta roll with it and enjoy the weird assumptions :)

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

I am enjoying weird assumptions already, though? I added onto that sentiment. Are you confused about something?