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minus-squareteft@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·edit-221 hours agoFun fact. La Brea means “The Tar” in english. So we basically call The La Brea Tar Pits “The the tar tar pits”.
minus-squaresnooggums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 day agoThis is both hilarious and extremely common. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tautological_place_names This often occurs when a name from one language is imported into another and a standard descriptor is added on from the second language.
minus-squareNegativeNull@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 day agoYar better be DOUBLY careful then!
minus-squareZorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day agoI hear it goes well with fish.
Fun fact. La Brea means “The Tar” in english. So we basically call The La Brea Tar Pits “The the tar tar pits”.
This is both hilarious and extremely common.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tautological_place_names
Yar better be DOUBLY careful then!
I hear it goes well with fish.