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Pencilvania
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Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Kittywumpus@lemmy.world 1 year 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 1 year ago
Does the name have anything to do with transilvania?
Kittywumpus@lemmy.world 1 year 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 1 year ago
Can confirm, definitely thought the two words were connected growing up there.
caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Hello Balloon Kid
imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago
Does that mean that Pittsburgh would be a bunch of armpits?
helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Close, different pit though.
octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 1 year ago
Well, we do know what kept those things nourished so they could grow so big.
buzz86us@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Timmy’s dad went to a convention there
niktemadur@lemmy.world 1 year ago
There should be a Ticonderoga in Pencilvania.
Siegfried@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Transylvania looks similar, but with turks impaled into the “pencils”
thesocavault@lemmy.world 1 year ago
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It’s the No. 2 state for school supplies.
jonasw@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
Whats No. 1? 🤭