Evade5415

@Evade5415@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is 'Philippines' spelled with a PH, but 'Filipino' is spelled with an F?⁩ ⁨⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s what I learned to call it growing up in Kansas.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is 'Philippines' spelled with a PH, but 'Filipino' is spelled with an F?⁩ ⁨⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Kansas is named for the Kaw People Native American Nation (or Kanza) and Arkansas is named for the Quapaw Nation. Algonquian-speaking people originally referred to the Quapaw as “Akansa”. French fur traders called them Arcansas.

  I grew up in Kansas and we called it Ar-kansas.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why don't people going to college get HUD, Food Stamps, and free Medicare/Medicaid while enrolled? Instead of the parents footing the bill or the student working 3 jobs and school?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Ronald Reagan didn’t like that black people could protest while in university.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Knights among toner cartridges⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago⁩:

  When I worked on the accounting system at my last job they had scanners just to scan invoices. They were scary fast.