PulkoMandyI have just realized a very annoying thing: the "Austr-" in "Austria" means East, from German Öster. The "Austr-" in "Australia", on the other hand, means South, from Latin Australis.
Thank you, have a nice day.
Tim Bray@pulkomandy Wouldn't be surprised if there's a common root in Proto-Indo-European
@timbray yes, it seems Latin was confused about where the East is for a variety of hypothetical reasons: https://mastodon.social/@cagatayy/110865078639729196
Nik@pulkomandy @timbray https://youtu.be/B14Gtm2Z_70
My apologies for the hours you're about to lose going through their video back catalogue...
Why is North up?
Renée@nikclayton my fav is still The West Wing "the maps are wrong" but this is also great 😂
Eta: the embed (mind the commercial fade break)
Gall--Peters Projection
Pidj@nikclayton love the map men so much!
Luo Binghe baculum truther@pulkomandy @timbray thanks, I hate it