Why is England called England?
Category: Travel, Geography and Foreign Cultures
Via: outis • 9 months ago • 7 commentsBy: Rob Watts
British country names explained
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It's Vespucci's fault!
Thousands of years before North America was named America or United States, or Canada or Mexico is was known to the indigenous people as ''Turtle Island" as it still is today or mi- ni-si in Ojibwe.
And here I thought the Ojibwe spoke Saxon...
That would be under the single vowel system, we now use the double vowel system. That way we can sell a vowel when someone is short one, kind of a side gig for Ojibwe.
Cannot comment, but posting to support a non-political article.,
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If you knew my connections to the English language you would know why I would absolutely LOVE to follow his website, called For Lovers of the English Language. I can't open his YouTubes but I signed up for his newsletter. Thanks for the heads-up.