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Deceptichum@quokk.au ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I checked the etymology and am disappointed that there’s no link between the word ostrich and Austria.

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  • rishabh@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Austria is probably the English-version of the German name which translates to “Ost”- Eastern + “Reich”-empire.

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    • samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      There’s an even closer term in English, “reach,” similar in meaning to “realm.”

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  • WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Tell that to Archie Duke.

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  • Nangijala@feddit.dk ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You misspelled Australia.

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    • samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I just learned “Australia” is “Australien” in German. So why isn’t “Austria” “Austrien?”

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      • Nangijala@feddit.dk ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Don’t tell them that I told you, but Germans are illiterate. They also V sounds like F and stuff.

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      • neons@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Because the english decided that österreich was too hard to pronounce

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