Comment on How is Alexander the Great so great he gets that name, but not so great that just “Alexander”doesn’t disambiguate him?

SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• panda_abyss@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I did not know that, and now I feel foolish

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• boonhet@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The name Charlemagne annoys me because in most other languages it’s Charles (or Karl) the Great, but in English and apparently French it’s shortened to Charlemagne though he was originally Charles Le Magne in French?

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