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If an Arab polity found the Americas

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1831587/if-an-arab-polity-found-the-americas

Mar 1 at 9:31pmWeb
Show threadPugJesusMar 1
Explanation: Just a little lame linguistics joke - in Arabic, ‘al’ is the definite article. Algonquin is the name of a major indigenous cultural grouping of North America.
Show threadegretsMar 2

‘al’ is the definite article

As seen in a bunch of loanwords from Arabic – notably albatross, alcohol, alcove, algebra, alkali, alfalfa, alembic.

Show threadDarohanMar 1

Hah, a variation of this joke is common in German

Woher kommst du? (Where are you from?)
Australien (Australia)
Na? Wo ist Tralien? (Oh? Where is Tralien?)

The joke being that “aus” means “from” in this context - Australien => Aus Tralien

Show threadzikzak025Mar 2
So Austrians are from Tria?
Show threadfar_university1990Mar 3
No, Austria in german is Österreich.
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Show threadPugJesusMar 1
Are you not entertained!?