laurenceOfSuburbia@lemmy.worldBanned to memes@lemmy.world · 3 months agoConstantinople sounds way cooler tbhlemmy.worldimagemessage-square53linkfedilinkarrow-up1305
arrow-up1305imageConstantinople sounds way cooler tbhlemmy.worldlaurenceOfSuburbia@lemmy.worldBanned to memes@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square53linkfedilink
minus-squareTartas1995@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months 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-up1·3 months 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-up1·3 months agoPeking Duck Beijing Duck Chicken Kiev Chicken Kyiv
minus-squareYTG123@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoThe university is still named that way
🫸 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
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Same in Czech