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I think Middle Earth is meant to be more of an analogue of Midgard. It's the middle of the earth, as opposed to the sea in the middle of the earth.
Sticks and stones may break my drones...
Curved. Swords.
Wait until you hear about what comes next...
Red guy should've waited three years to respond to that
Or cutting off the electorate's to nose to spite its face
I'm not a lady, but I am a fan of a good pump
This is the most Feddit response, I love it
Feel like I've seen this in Tbilisi before. Where was this one?
It's true. In English we string words together instead of putting them into one word, so there's not really much difference beyond the odd bit of morphology.
This sounds a lot like an issue that can be solved by slightly opening a window
The official name was still Constantinople until 1930 though, so maybe it should be "Istanbul AND Constantinople" rather than "Istanbul not Constantinople"
Never underestimate the internet's ability to correct mistakes
I know the title is for the sake of the reference, but I'm pretty sure it was still called Constantinople back then
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R5: PIE *h2o > o (although in Anatolian languages h2 is preserved as h), and it also looks like the chemical formula for water H2O, and French eau means water