I have just realized a very annoying thing: the "Austr-" in "Austria" means East, from German Ă–ster. The "Austr-" in "Australia", on the other hand, means South, from Latin Australis.

Thank you, have a nice day.

@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

@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?

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@nikclayton love the map men so much!