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I lived there for several years and the prevailing notion among the locals seems to be status. Then again part of being a true citizen of Bologna is to have in
by Tade0 2y ago
I lived there for several years and the prevailing notion among the locals seems to be status.
Then again part of being a true citizen of Bologna is to have incorrect information on some of the landmarks there.
- Phrenzy 2y agoIs the origin of using the word, baloney, to imply a statement is untruthful?
- llm_trw 2y agoAccording to some citizen of Bologna: Yes.
- toyg 2y agoI expect it comes from reactions to earlier attempts to pass US-made sausages for actual mortadella (aka ”bologna"), as in "that's not Bologna, that's <anglicized distortion of the name>!", which was then shortened to "that's baloney".