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minus-square@ThatWeirdGuy1001link21•5 months agoI feel like the wojaks should be swapped since this makes the Romans look dumb.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish13•5 months agoRomans got to determine the terminology that people would use for thousands of years. Celts got their culture disrespected and forgotten.
minus-square@ThatWeirdGuy1001link10•5 months agoIdk. Feels like splitting hairs. On one hand you’re right about the culture thing. On the other hand imagine a translation mistake lasting thousands of years.
minus-squareOsaErisXerolinkfedilink4•5 months agoIf anything, it’s a little based of the Romans. They didn’t come in and rename them all Claudius Flavius or Biggus Dickus or whatever, they just asked the locals for their names, wrote them down, and left them as what the locals called them.
minus-square@erplink7•5 months agoDon’t forget the imperial timekeeper, Favious Flav. Yeeeaaah, boyyy!
minus-square@ThatWeirdGuy1001link2•5 months agoYeah but how many times can you hear the same name be given and not go “Wait I think we might be doing this wrong…”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•5 months agoI respect your consideration of the wojaks involved.
I feel like the wojaks should be swapped since this makes the Romans look dumb.
Romans got to determine the terminology that people would use for thousands of years.
Celts got their culture disrespected and forgotten.
Idk. Feels like splitting hairs.
On one hand you’re right about the culture thing. On the other hand imagine a translation mistake lasting thousands of years.
If anything, it’s a little based of the Romans. They didn’t come in and rename them all Claudius Flavius or Biggus Dickus or whatever, they just asked the locals for their names, wrote them down, and left them as what the locals called them.
Don’t forget the imperial timekeeper, Favious Flav. Yeeeaaah, boyyy!
With a big sundial around his neck
Yeah but how many times can you hear the same name be given and not go “Wait I think we might be doing this wrong…”
I respect your consideration of the wojaks involved.