c/showerthoughts · by Mantzy81@aussie.zone · 83dWe use the French name for the Renaissance even though the French version happened well over a century after the Italian one. 73 points · 8 comments · view on lemmy.world
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explodIng_lIme@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 83d
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
No one says Rinascita any more, it's so 16th century.
thisisbutaname@discuss.tchncs.de · 6 pts · 82d
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?