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[-] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works -4 points 2 months ago

I mean… Japan isn’t called Japan in Japanese either. Unfortunately we don’t speak Mayan, or Incan, or Cherokee, or etc.…

[-] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I'm fairly certain they wouldn't collectively name it after a random ass Italian dude.

[-] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago

My point was that it’s the only word we have in English.

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