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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arctanthrope@lemmy.world 1 day agofun fact Transylvania literally means “the place on the other side of the forest” in Latin
Klear@quokk.au 1 day ago
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Ah, Sidney must mean the place on the other side of the Bush then
affenlehrer@feddit.org 1 day ago
Siebenbürgen
SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 1 day ago
Sechs! Wait, are we haggling right now?
affenlehrer@feddit.org 23 hours 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
SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 23 hours 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.
Kurtagag@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Wow TIL
darkdemize@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Another fun fact, Pennsylvania means “the other end of the pencil”.
dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Hmmm…
… … .
Nope.
ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 1 day ago
The business end or the oopsie poopsie side of it?
darkdemize@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Dealer’s choice.