🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 1 month agoAnon is Turkishsh.itjust.worksexternal-linkmessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up1479arrow-down123
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minus-squareSorteKanin@feddit.dklinkfedilinkarrow-up16·1 month ago It’s called India (translated) in Turkish, and many European languages TIL that “kalkun” (danish word for turkey, the bird) actually comes from Calcutta, as in the modern day city of Kolkata in India. Wow.
minus-squareFiskFisk33@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-21 month agoSame, but “kalkon” in swedish. I felt slightly smug before I learned that haha
TIL that “kalkun” (danish word for turkey, the bird) actually comes from Calcutta, as in the modern day city of Kolkata in India. Wow.
Same, but “kalkon” in swedish.
I felt slightly smug before I learned that haha