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Dr Danny Bate
@dannybate.bsky.social
That etymology guy from the ex-bird app. Linguist, broadcaster on Czech Radio, writer, researcher, language fanatic. Host of the podcast 'A Language I Love Is...'. Angličan v Praze.
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If Paris gets its name from being Lutetia Parisiorum ('of the Parisii'), and if the Parisii were also present in what's now the East Riding of Yorkshire, and if the main city of the East Riding is Hull, then I think Hull has a claim to be a second Paris
Paris of the North, they call it
People are afraid of the truth
DD
Dr Danny Bate
@dannybate.bsky.social
That etymology guy from the ex-bird app. Linguist, broadcaster on Czech Radio, writer, researcher, language fanatic. Host of the podcast 'A Language I Love Is...'. Angličan v Praze.
1.3k followers286 following508 posts