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It's truly a shame(startrek.website)

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Akasazh@feddit.nl
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Aristotle is only pronounced like that because Aristoteles was somehow too confusing for English speakers.

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archon@sh.itjust.works
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Now that you mention it… he’s indeed called Aristoteles in my language… never noticed the spelling difference in english!

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Akasazh@feddit.nl
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Yup. The British did weird stuff to Roman names out of victorian reasons.

Hadrianus becomes Hadrian, because of anus. They then also shortened others like Pompeius becoming Pompey etc.

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FluminaInMaria@mander.xyz
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I know I’m furthering the immature narrative, butt:

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ivanafterall@kbin.social
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Sounds like we did him a favor.

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