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Maps and mops are my obsession.

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onlmaps, to random
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The word ‘shark’ in various European languages.
https://mapsontheweb.zoom-maps.com/post/174562206232/the-word-shark-in-various-european-languages

onlmaps, to random
@onlmaps@mastodon.social avatar

“Sock” in different European languages.
https://mapsontheweb.zoom-maps.com/post/162040522359/sock-in-different-european-languages

onlmaps, to random
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Usage of “Castellano” versus “Español” to refer to Spanish language.
https://mapsontheweb.zoom-maps.com/post/153911033575/usage-of-castellano-versus-espa%C3%B1ol-to-refer-to

mapologies, to Etymology
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We hope you have an awesome

Etymology map of Saturday
https://mapologies.com/time/

tml,
@tml@urbanists.social avatar

@mapologies “pool day” might be the literal etymology for lördag etc but the meaning is “bathing day”.

AllEndlessKnot, to Etymology
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Happy #InternationalWomansDay! While it may seem like a slightly odd way to mark this day, our video about “Chauvinism” explores some of the origins of misogyny and the early roots of feminism. https://youtu.be/iLuJ-BUSNcI

#InternationalWomansDay #Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Words #HistoricalLinguistics

mapologies, to Dragonlance
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In 1971, Ray Tomlinson, an American computer programmer, adopted the @ symbol for the brand-new “e-mail” to separate the username from the host computer is located at.
Did he invent a new symbol? The answer here:
https://mapologies.com/symbols/

amarok,
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@mapologies
Little monkey and strudel are my favorite ones 😃
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onlmaps, to random
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Date of “Christmas Day” public holiday by country
https://mapsontheweb.zoom-maps.com/post/190252327285/date-of-christmas-day-public-holiday-by-country

mapologies, (edited ) to Dragonlance
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Topologic of the of

https://mapologies.com/underground/

barendkobben,

@mapologies that's actually a topological (or schematic) map, not a topographic one. Topographic maps depict space as precisely as possible (in a given scale)

stefan, to maps
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A fun exploration of European national names.

https://mapologies.com/national-names/

via @mapologies

janwlrvn,
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@stefan @mapologies Small mistake: in Dutch it’s not Ireland but Ierland.

mapologies, to poland
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comes from Proto-Slavic *poľane “field dwellers”. But in Lithuanian is , in Hungarian, , & Turkish, .
Do you know why?

More here:
https://mapologies.com/national-names/#Poland

oysteib, to Korean
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The word for bread in various languages.

Proto-Germanic seems to have had two words for bread, one becoming the present Germanic blue words, the other borrowed into Uralic and Slavic languages and becoming the yellow ones.

One theory is that *braudą was the word for bread with yeast. It is related to the verb "to brew [beer]".

The yellow word survives in English "loaf" and Norwegian "leiv" (piece of bread) and "loff".

floledermann, to FF
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New month, new edition of my list of Mastodon accounts for , and (~170 accounts reviewed, 53 accounts added to the list)

New recommendations for (1/2):

@‌alexsingleton@mapstodon.space
@‌andrewfrench@fosstodon.org
@‌bdon@mastodon.social
@‌chronohh@norden.social
@‌eldang@mapstodon.space
@‌geoObserver@mastodon.social
@‌julgaf@mapstodon.space
@‌mapologies@mastodon.social
@‌mizmay@mapstodon.space
@‌mthv@fosstodon.org

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