Lt. Worf, son of Mogh@lemmy.ca to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 year agoHow could we have let this happen?lemmy.caimagemessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up1765arrow-down127
arrow-up1738arrow-down1imageHow could we have let this happen?lemmy.caLt. Worf, son of Mogh@lemmy.ca to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square60fedilink
minus-squarePostnataleAbtreibung@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up24·1 year agoNew York —> new Amsterdam —> Amsterdam (Netherlands)
minus-squaregen/Eric@iusearchlinux.fyilinkfedilinkarrow-up22·edit-21 year agoEven old New York was once New Amsterdam. Why they changed it, I can’t say. People just liked it better that way!
minus-squareCetaceanNeeded@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoSo take me back to Constantinople
minus-squarespirinolas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoBeen a long time gone, Constantinople
minus-squarePoudlardo@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-21 year agoTo second this, Harlem the neighbourhood in New York originates from Haarlem, an actual city near Amsterdam.
minus-squaregullible@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoWhat a waste. To think we could have had a new war of the roses if the New Lancastrians hadn’t ducked out.
New York —> new Amsterdam —> Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Even old New York was once New Amsterdam. Why they changed it, I can’t say. People just liked it better that way!
So take me back to Constantinople
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Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Or Instanbul
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To second this, Harlem the neighbourhood in New York originates from Haarlem, an actual city near Amsterdam.
But new Amsterdam is gin.
What a waste. To think we could have had a new war of the roses if the New Lancastrians hadn’t ducked out.