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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• melsaskca@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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  • Not_Dav3@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You know what they call cheese in Paris?

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  • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Mount Quarter Pounder? Sounds suspiciously English to me…

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    • melsaskca@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Not when Sammy Jackson says it. /s

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• AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Montreal is just the real subspace of Montcomplex.

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  • MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I have a real problem with running into Monti in the halls.

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• ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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• XeroxCool@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Across the river is the smaller city, Montnonfungibletoken

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• riskable@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Because Montunreal was the little engine that could.

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• hddsx@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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  • northernlights@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Royal. There’s literally a “Mont Royal” in the middle of the city.

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• Admetus@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Oh, is that Bielefeld:s twin town?

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