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If an Arab polity found the Americas (media.piefed.social)
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[–] Darohan@lemmy.zip 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] zikzak025@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So Austrians are from Tria?

[–] far_university1990@reddthat.com 2 points 1 week ago

No, Austria in german is Österreich.