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minus-squareidegenszavak@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up67·edit-23 months agoLanguage maps shouldn’t be country maps, as language boundaries rarely overlap country borders. And it’s also wrong, in Hungarian toe is “lábujj” literally means “footfinger”
minus-squareyeahiknow3@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up25·3 months agoSociocultural boundaries are almost entirely grounded in language. Nation states are almost entirely grounded in imagination.
minus-squareInstigate@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoReminds of a great lyric from the song “…Meltdown” by Enter Shikari: Countries are just lines drawn in the sand with a stick
minus-squareDicska@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoI suspected it was rage bait, starting with the British isles being coloured green, despite the existence of the word ‘toe’ there.
minus-squareMatriks404@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoBy that logic, it should be both green and red, because it looks like “lábujj” is both a word, and like you said it means “footfinger”.
Language maps shouldn’t be country maps, as language boundaries rarely overlap country borders. And it’s also wrong, in Hungarian toe is “lábujj” literally means “footfinger”
Sociocultural boundaries are almost entirely grounded in language. Nation states are almost entirely grounded in imagination.
Reminds of a great lyric from the song “…Meltdown” by Enter Shikari:
Countries are just lines drawn in the sand with a stick
I suspected it was rage bait, starting with the British isles being coloured green, despite the existence of the word ‘toe’ there.
By that logic, it should be both green and red, because it looks like “lábujj” is both a word, and like you said it means “footfinger”.