laurenceOfSuburbia@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 21 days agoConstantinople sounds way cooler tbhlemmy.worldimagemessage-square58linkfedilinkarrow-up1316arrow-down122
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minus-squareTartas1995@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·20 days agoKinda bad comparison. Beijing was always* beijing. Peking was just a european fever dream. On the other hand Constantinople was the offical name and got later renamed Istanbul.
minus-squareSubArcticTundra@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·19 days agoYeah, i guess it’s just one of those weird Euro things. Just like measuring things in deci/centilitres. When I lived in the UK everyone called it Beijing and measured everything in ml.
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·20 days agoPeking Duck Beijing Duck Chicken Kiev Chicken Kyiv
🫸 Beijing
👉 Peking
Kinda bad comparison.
Beijing was always* beijing. Peking was just a european fever dream.
On the other hand
Constantinople was the offical name and got later renamed Istanbul.
Yeah, i guess it’s just one of those weird Euro things. Just like measuring things in deci/centilitres. When I lived in the UK everyone called it Beijing and measured everything in ml.
Peking DuckBeijing DuckChicken KievChicken KyivThe university is still named that way
in finnish it’s still “peking”
Same in Czech