lars to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 1 year agoAll cities more populous than every other city north of themlemmy.sdf.orgimagemessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1215arrow-down119
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minus-squareHenryWong327@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up22·1 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-squarebionicjoey@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-21 year agoAlso I’ve only ever heard it pronounced the French way: “ah-LAIR”
minus-squarelarsOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 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-squarelarsOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 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.