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Why did Montreal need to prove that it's a real place? What happened to the people who called it Montimaginary

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨squirrel@discuss.tchncs.de⁩ to ⁨showerthoughts@lemmy.world⁩

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  • melsaskca@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    That’s because “Montreal” is French for “Mount Royale with Cheese”.

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    • Not_Dav3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      You know what they call cheese in Paris?

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    • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Mount Quarter Pounder? Sounds suspiciously English to me…

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      • melsaskca@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Not when Sammy Jackson says it. /s

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  • XeroxCool@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Across the river is the smaller city, Montnonfungibletoken

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  • AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Montreal is just the real subspace of Montcomplex.

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  • riskable@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Because Montunreal was the little engine that could.

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  • ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Do you mean the original inhabitants of Mont? They’re still there and Montreal is still a pale imitation.

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  • hddsx@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Does real mean real or royal? While French and Spanish are different languages, they are part of the same language family. The real in Real Madrid means royal.

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  • Admetus@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    This is probably one of the most genuine showerthoughts I’ve seen in a while. (insert meme of man and woman in bed: woman reckons he’s thinking about other women)

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  • Lumidaub@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Oh, is that Bielefeld:s twin town?

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