laurenceOfSuburbia@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 12 days agoConstantinople sounds way cooler tbhlemmy.worldimagemessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1315
arrow-up1315imageConstantinople sounds way cooler tbhlemmy.worldlaurenceOfSuburbia@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 12 days agomessage-square57fedilink
minus-squareTartas1995@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 days 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-up1·11 days 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.
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.