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Pencilvania
Submitted 10 months ago by Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com to [deleted]
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Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Kittywumpus@lemmy.world 10 months 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 10 months ago
Does the name have anything to do with transilvania?
Kittywumpus@lemmy.world 10 months 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 10 months ago
Can confirm, definitely thought the two words were connected growing up there.
caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Hello Balloon Kid
imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee 10 months 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 10 months 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 10 months ago
Does that mean that Pittsburgh would be a bunch of armpits?
helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Close, different pit though.
octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 10 months ago
Well, we do know what kept those things nourished so they could grow so big.
buzz86us@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Timmy’s dad went to a convention there
niktemadur@lemmy.world 10 months ago
There should be a Ticonderoga in Pencilvania.
Siegfried@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Transylvania looks similar, but with turks impaled into the “pencils”
thesocavault@lemmy.world 10 months ago
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It’s the No. 2 state for school supplies.
jonasw@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
Whats No. 1? 🤭