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Word for Thursday in European Languages (upload.wikimedia.org)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Political maps are a terrible tool for visualizing cultural / linguistic practices (and on this one, colonization didn't make it even worse). Just gotta roll with it and enjoy the weird assumptions :)

[–] finitebanjo 0 points 3 months ago

I am enjoying weird assumptions already, though? I added onto that sentiment. Are you confused about something?