Comment on How could we have let this happen?

PostnataleAbtreibung@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

• generic@iusearchlinux.fyi ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Even old New York was once New Amsterdam. Why’d they change it? I can’t say. People just liked it better that way!

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  • CetaceanNeeded@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    So take me back to Constantinople

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    • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      No you can’t go back to Constantinople.

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      • spirinolas@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Been a long time gone, Constantinople

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  • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    I have a friend who has a house fairly close to New York City that was built by the Dutch. Just a fun fact.

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• poudlardo@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  To second his, Harlem the neighbourhood in New York originates from Haarlem, an actual city near Amsterdam.

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• flames5123@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  But new Amsterdam is gin.

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• gullible@kbin.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  What a waste. To think we could have had a new war of the roses if the New Lancastrians hadn’t ducked out.

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