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minus-squarebetterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up65·1 day agoMove over, flat-Earthers, the time has finally come for the giant Europe conspiracy theory.
minus-squarefinallymadeanaccount@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·17 hours agoEurope is at right angles to the flat Earth, which is why we have shadows.
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up28·1 day agoBasically, Botswana and New Zealand are the only countries NOT in Europe, and in the case of the latter it’s because it doesn’t actually exist.
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 day agoI prefer Original Recipe Zealand myself
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoYou’re thinking of Zeeland. Zealand is in Denmark
minus-squarezaphod@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·20 hours agoThe Zealand referred to in New Zealand is in fact Zeeland, they just changed the spelling.
minus-squaremarcos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 day agoThey always insist Old Zealand was replaced in the 19th Century; don’t believe it people!
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day agoNah, Old Zealand is still over there points east to other part of Denmark
minus-squarenightlily@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day agoIt’s actually the Dutch province of Zeeland which is notable for being otherwise completely unnotable.
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day ago It’s actually the Dutch province of Zeeland Nope. Zee ≠ Zea which is notable for being otherwise completely unnotable. Lots of islands like that in Denmark 😄
minus-squarenightlily@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·15 hours agoNew Zealand was named Nova Zeelandia by Dutch cartographers which was then Anglicised to New Zealand. It’s named after the Dutch province. Denmark had nothing to do with it.
minus-squarefrank@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·22 hours agoNo he’s right, it’s named after the Dutch province. Coincidence that Sjælland is written Zealand
minus-squarebetterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·1 day agoWe’re going to get on so many podcasts.
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 day agoWe’re gonna be hundredaires! 🥳
minus-squareUnfortunateShort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoI mean, Europeans colonized the Americas, so…
Move over, flat-Earthers, the time has finally come for the giant Europe conspiracy theory.
Europe is at right angles to the flat Earth, which is why we have shadows.
Basically, Botswana and New Zealand are the only countries NOT in Europe, and in the case of the latter it’s because it doesn’t actually exist.
Contemporary Zealand?
I prefer Original Recipe Zealand myself
That would be in the Netherlands.
You’re thinking of Zeeland. Zealand is in Denmark
The Zealand referred to in New Zealand is in fact Zeeland, they just changed the spelling.
They always insist Old Zealand was replaced in the 19th Century; don’t believe it people!
Nah, Old Zealand is still over there
points east to other part of Denmark
It’s actually the Dutch province of Zeeland which is notable for being otherwise completely unnotable.
Nope. Zee ≠ Zea
Lots of islands like that in Denmark 😄
New Zealand was named Nova Zeelandia by Dutch cartographers which was then Anglicised to New Zealand. It’s named after the Dutch province. Denmark had nothing to do with it.
No he’s right, it’s named after the Dutch province. Coincidence that Sjælland is written Zealand
We’re going to get on so many podcasts.
We’re gonna be hundredaires! 🥳
Middle Zealanders rise up!
I mean, Europeans colonized the Americas, so…