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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 15 points 1 month ago (14 children)

If I ever go to Istanbul, I'll be telling people I visited Constantinople.

[–] lemmyknow@lemmy.today 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well, even old New York was once New Amsterdam, so…

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago (4 children)
[–] lemmyknow@lemmy.today 2 points 1 month ago

Honestly, idk. I guess people just liked it better that way

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

the guy with the captain's hat thought it looked more like York.

[–] hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 month ago

That this thread became a mixture of They Might Be Giants and Mitchell & Webb is hilarious and i'm here for it.

[–] nexguy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago
[–] DankOfAmerica@reddthat.com 1 points 1 month ago

Supposedly, the English took it from the Dutch. The English king gave it to his brother who was the Duke of York and renamed it in his honor.

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