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The way people act like York isn't a city in England (sopuli.xyz)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Native American words for landmarks are so cool, much better than the colonial equivalents.

Mt. McKinley - Denali

Mt. Adams - Klikitat

Mt. Jefferson - Seekseekqua

Mt. Rainier - Tacoma

Mt. Shasta - Ako-yet

[–] TheBat 6 points 1 year ago

Seekseekqua

Nemesis of Hidehidequa

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

This too should be a proper post on this community!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What's always seemed so strange to me is how common the amount of vehicles that steal indigenous names from various places.

Cherokee (car and a plane)

Comanche

Tacoma

Cheyenne

Dakota

Taos

Pontiac (entire company)

Winnebago

Touareg

Indian (motorcycles)

Aztek

Chieftain

Star Chief

Super Chief

Thunderbird

Chief

Scout

Dark Horse

Qashqai

Oroch

Black Hawk

Chinook

Apache

These are all brand names, names of cars, motorhomes, motorcycles, military vehicles, etc. Apparently decades ago, the manufacturers didn't even shy from how these were named, and there were a lot of questionable ads.

Probably tons more throughout the world.