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minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up86·11 days agoCalling it Greenland was always a branding exercise.
minus-squareerusuoyera@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up38·11 days agoVance in Las Vegas " Where the fuck are all the meadows?!?"
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up15·11 days agoTIL what Las Vegas means. But apparently, there was originally some meadows there?
minus-squareBossDj@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up13·11 days agoLas Vegas was lush and green when it was settled. As more people arrived, the spring water that kept it that way dried up
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·11 days agoThat would require learning a piece of a language other than English …. He’d be an illegal immigrant, hardened criminal, gang member. That mascara is a sure sign of Tren de Aragua membership
minus-squaredb0@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·edit-211 days agoI like to think of it more that the old Norse had a good sense of humor.
minus-squareTwanHE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·11 days agoWell the guy was banished from Iceland IIRC, so he had a good reason to hype up this new found land.
minus-squareidiomaddict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·11 days agoNo, no, the newfound land is a scooch southwest
Calling it Greenland was always a branding exercise.
Vance in Las Vegas " Where the fuck are all the meadows?!?"
TIL what Las Vegas means. But apparently, there was originally some meadows there?
Las Vegas was lush and green when it was settled. As more people arrived, the spring water that kept it that way dried up
That would require learning a piece of a language other than English …. He’d be an illegal immigrant, hardened criminal, gang member. That mascara is a sure sign of Tren de Aragua membership
I like to think of it more that the old Norse had a good sense of humor.
Well the guy was banished from Iceland IIRC, so he had a good reason to hype up this new found land.
No, no, the newfound land is a scooch southwest