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Given that nobody knew about this book for centuries, it seems pretty unlikely that Columbus saw it. Let alone, saw it and believed it and discounted the giants
by tootie 5y ago
Given that nobody knew about this book for centuries, it seems pretty unlikely that Columbus saw it. Let alone, saw it and believed it and discounted the giants and also didn't mention it to anyone.
- blfr 5y agoI think the idea is that he heard the same tales because he was in the same milieu, not that he read that book.
- tailspin2019 5y agoTIL a cool new word; "milieu" > the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/milieu https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/milieu
- ochrist 5y agoThe Danish (Scandinavian) word 'miljø' usually translates to 'environment'.
- tgflynn 5y agoMilieu is a French word. My guess is that your Danish word is also derived from the French.
- CRConrad 5y agoAnd in French it means, pretty much, "environment". In Swedish, I'd guess Norwegian, and in a way even in Finnish, it's "Miljö" is used as in Danish: Mainly to signify the natural environment at large; "Greta kämpar för miljön" means "Greta fights for the environment". (Though in Finnish, the native "ympäristö" is used much more than the loan "miljöö".) In German, though, AIUI "das Milieu" usually means a different kind of environment: That of crime and shady business. "Es bewegt sich was im Milieu" is something a worried cop could say, meaning approximately "something's happening on the streets".