We use the French name for the Renaissance even though the French version happened well over a century after the Italian one.

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explodIng_lIme@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 83d (1 reply)

It’s great because we can annoy the French and Italians at the same time this way

bhamlin@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 83d

That's not really all that impressive. From my research, what irritates the French and Italians the most are the French and Italians.

ToiletFlushShowerScream@piefed.world · 6 pts · 83d

Which one had a greater impact outside it's borders?

diphthong@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 83d (2 replies)

No one says Rinascita any more, it's so 16th century.

thisisbutaname@discuss.tchncs.de · 6 pts · 82d (1 reply)

I get the joke, but in Italian it's called Rinascimento

diphthong@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 82d

You're right. That's why no one says Rinascita any more.

::: spoiler spoiler (In 1550 it was Rinascita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Renaissance) :::

AmidFuror@fedia.io · 3 pts · 83d

Probably due to geography.

Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world · -4 pts · 83d

And?