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Pencilvania
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Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Kittywumpus@lemmy.world 5 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 5 months ago
Does the name have anything to do with transilvania?
Kittywumpus@lemmy.world 5 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 5 months ago
Can confirm, definitely thought the two words were connected growing up there.
caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
Hello Balloon Kid
imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee 5 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 5 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 5 months ago
Does that mean that Pittsburgh would be a bunch of armpits?
helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Close, different pit though.
octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
Well, we do know what kept those things nourished so they could grow so big.
buzz86us@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Timmy’s dad went to a convention there
niktemadur@lemmy.world 5 months ago
There should be a Ticonderoga in Pencilvania.
Siegfried@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Transylvania looks similar, but with turks impaled into the “pencils”
thesocavault@lemmy.world 5 months ago
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 5 months ago
It’s the No. 2 state for school supplies.
jonasw@discuss.tchncs.de 5 months ago
Whats No. 1? 🤭