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Pencilvania
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Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Kittywumpus@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Fun fact - Pennsylvania is named that because it was owned by some white guy (Penn) who owned a literal state sized chunk of woods (Sylvan-ia)
lauha@lemmy.one 4 weeks ago
Does the name have anything to do with transilvania?
Kittywumpus@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I’m no etymologist and that’s like a factoid I know, but Sylvan/silvan means woods I believe?
Could be related 🤷♂️
Hope@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Can confirm, definitely thought the two words were connected growing up there.
caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
Hello Balloon Kid
imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Sure, on the East with Spooky by lake spooky.
And uhhh… A bunch of places named like They were named by a 13-year-old boy too…
Zink@programming.dev 4 weeks ago
It really is funny. Gobbler’s Knob is fun to visit, but much smaller than you’d expect. There’s Intercourse, Climax, and Beaver. Or if you want to get away from it all you could go to Moon or Mars.
rugburn@lemmynsfw.com 4 weeks ago
Does that mean that Pittsburgh would be a bunch of armpits?
helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Close, different pit though.
octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 4 weeks ago
Well, we do know what kept those things nourished so they could grow so big.
buzz86us@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Timmy’s dad went to a convention there
niktemadur@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
There should be a Ticonderoga in Pencilvania.
Siegfried@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Transylvania looks similar, but with turks impaled into the “pencils”
thesocavault@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
It’s the No. 2 state for school supplies.
jonasw@discuss.tchncs.de 4 weeks ago
Whats No. 1? 🤭