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> named after a ditto river I'm assuming you are talking about Amazon, but this phrase caught my eye, and a quick net search turned up nothing: what on earth i
by marssaxman 9y ago
> named after a ditto river
I'm assuming you are talking about Amazon, but this phrase caught my eye, and a quick net search turned up nothing: what on earth is a "ditto river"?
- rangibaby 9y agoDitto means "the same" and Amazon ia named for the Amazon river
- lorenzhs 9y agoAs an adverb, it means likewise, and thus refers to major in a major online retailer.
- hlieberman 9y agoA ditto river -- an Amazon. (Ditto, meaning, named the same.)
- lorenzhs 9y agoIt does not. In this context, it means likewise. It can also mean aforesaid or the same thing again (in a list).
- nyankosensei 9y agoI suspect they meant "eponymous river".
- lorenzhs 9y agoIn that sentence, it refers to major in "a major online retailer" → "a major river". From Google's definition (no idea where they pull it from): informally, used to indicate that something already said is applicable a second time. ditto can be used as a noun (meaning the same again, e.g. in a list when you don't want to repeat something in the row below) or an adverb (as it is here, meaning likewise).