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• darkdemize@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Another fun fact, Pennsylvania means “the other end of the pencil”.

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  • dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Hmmm…

    … … .

    Nope.

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  • ToastedRavioli@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The business end or the oopsie poopsie side of it?

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    • darkdemize@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Dealer’s choice.

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• Klear@quokk.au ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Which is weird, because when you go there, you’ll find that you’re standing on this side of the forest…

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• LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Ah, Sidney must mean the place on the other side of the Bush then

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• affenlehrer@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Siebenbürgen

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  • SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Sechs! Wait, are we haggling right now?

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    • affenlehrer@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      A lot of the region there was settled by Saxons in the middle ages but I’ve no idea why they called it Siebenbürgen

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      • SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Probably because it was between seven mountains? (Sieben Berge/bergen?)

        Or it’s from guarantor (Bürge)? Ginge me a sec, I’m intrigued now.

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• Kurtagag@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Wow TIL

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