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minus-squareidegenszavak@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up64arrow-down2·3 days agoLanguage maps shouldn’t be country maps, as language boundaries rarely overlap country borders. And it’s also wrong, in Hungarian toe is “lábujj” literally means “footfinger”
minus-squareyeahiknow3@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up26arrow-down2·3 days agoSociocultural boundaries are almost entirely grounded in language. Nation states are almost entirely grounded in imagination.
minus-squareInstigate@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoReminds of a great lyric from the song “…Meltdown” by Enter Shikari: Countries are just lines drawn in the sand with a stick
minus-squareDicska@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoI suspected it was rage bait, starting with the British isles being coloured green, despite the existence of the word ‘toe’ there.
minus-squareMatriks404@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoBy that logic, it should be both green and red, because it looks like “lábujj” is both a word, and like you said it means “footfinger”.
Language maps shouldn’t be country maps, as language boundaries rarely overlap country borders. And it’s also wrong, in Hungarian toe is “lábujj” literally means “footfinger”
Sociocultural boundaries are almost entirely grounded in language. Nation states are almost entirely grounded in imagination.
Reminds of a great lyric from the song “…Meltdown” by Enter Shikari:
Countries are just lines drawn in the sand with a stick
I suspected it was rage bait, starting with the British isles being coloured green, despite the existence of the word ‘toe’ there.
By that logic, it should be both green and red, because it looks like “lábujj” is both a word, and like you said it means “footfinger”.