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[–] call_me_xale@lemmy.zip 22 points 14 hours ago (4 children)

Why... why is Philadelphia spelled with an "F"?

[–] bryndos@fedia.io 11 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Virginia Occidentale has a nice ring to it. It''d fuck up John Denver too.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago

🎵 Portami a casa, vie di campagna 🎶

[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 9 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

It's translated into French it looks like.

Did you not notice "Virginia Occidental"?

[–] kungen@feddit.nu 6 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

It's Spanish, no? Philadelphia in French is Philadelphie.

[–] renzhexiangjiao@piefed.blahaj.zone 12 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

my guess is Italian, in Spanish it would have been "occidental"

[–] Martj9@piefed.social 9 points 13 hours ago
[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

They translated "west", but not "new".

[–] Martj9@piefed.social 4 points 10 hours ago

In Italian we said Nuova York until, let's say, the sixties. Virginia Occidentale is quite uncommon too, I have to say. It's more common simply West Virginia.

People used to translate more than today

[–] Denjin@feddit.uk 4 points 13 hours ago

The meme maker was threatened with a cease and decist order by Kraft-Heinz.

[–] Robbsen1@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 6 hours ago

Because thats how it is pronounced