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FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

And this is how I find out that the closest place name to that word is “Cunta” in Indonesia.

Lame.

However, the road the brothels were on in English towns were apparently known as “Gropecunt Lane,” so I learned that today.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gropecunt_Lane

Ah well, there will always be Dildo, Canada.

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blargbluuk@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Dildo is in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. We have provinces here, that’s kind of like saying you’re visiting Phoenix, USA.

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- FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  People say that sort of thing all the time when not from the U.S.
  
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- ccunning@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Huh - I had no idea we have more than one Phoenix…
  
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  - PwnTra1n@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    People aren’t original. See: New ___
    
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    Assman@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
    
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    Jimbo@yiffit.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    See: New Zealand, and also the names of the two islands that make it up… North Island and South Island
    
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can@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Scunthorpe does come to mind however

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