🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 1 year agoAnon is Turkishsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square86linkfedilinkarrow-up1478arrow-down123
arrow-up1455arrow-down1imageAnon is Turkishsh.itjust.works🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 1 year agomessage-square86linkfedilink
minus-squareSorteKanin@feddit.dklinkfedilinkarrow-up16·1 year 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-up5·1 year 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