@[email protected] to Map [email protected]English • 1 year agoAll cities more populous than every other city north of themlemmy.sdf.orgimagemessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1208arrow-down119
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink21•1 year agoI was curious about Alert’s name, and assumed it was because the town served as an alerting system for something, but I looked it up and turns out it’s cause a ship called HMS Alert wintered there.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•edit-21 year agoAlso I’ve only ever heard it pronounced the French way: “ah-LAIR”
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoI wish I knew people who talked about Alert (or Alert as I guess I will now start pronouncing it). While we’re at it? It’s actually pronounced gif.
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agoWow that is remarkably disappointing. How could such a savage and uninvited place have such a scary name? By chance, essentially.
I was curious about Alert’s name, and assumed it was because the town served as an alerting system for something, but I looked it up and turns out it’s cause a ship called HMS Alert wintered there.
Also I’ve only ever heard it pronounced the French way: “ah-LAIR”
I wish I knew people who talked about Alert (or Alert as I guess I will now start pronouncing it).
While we’re at it? It’s actually pronounced gif.
Wow that is remarkably disappointing. How could such a savage and uninvited place have such a scary name? By chance, essentially.