@[email protected] to Map [email protected]English • 8 months agoAll cities more populous than every other city north of themlemmy.sdf.orgimagemessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1213arrow-down118
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink22•8 months 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-28 months agoAlso I’ve only ever heard it pronounced the French way: “ah-LAIR”
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish1•8 months 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•8 months 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.