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Fun fact: la brea means "the tar", so the La Brea Tar Pits literally translates to "the the tar tar pits".
by teachrdan 2y ago
Fun fact: la brea means "the tar", so the La Brea Tar Pits literally translates to "the the tar tar pits".
- envp 2y agoAnother joins the ranks of Chai Tea, Naan Bread, and Lake Michigan :D
- OJFord 2y agoTo be fair, 'naan bread' is like 'toona fish' or 'feta cheese' which AmE does in English anyway.
- SllX 2y agoThe others I knew but Lake Michigan I did not, which prompted me to look it up: > The name derives from a gallicized variant of the original Ojibwe word ᒥᓯᑲᒥ (mishigami),[c] meaning "large water" or "large lake". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan TIL. To be fair, there is a whole landmass right next to that mishigami sharing a name we do need to distinguish it from.
- BobaFloutist 2y agoIt's kind of funny how much the sounds of mishigami feel like they could equally have come from Hebrew or Japanese. Interesting overlap of mouth-feel.
- mturmon 2y agoRelated fun fact: The actual tar pits, and the art museum adjacent to it, are basically at the intersection of La Brea Blvd. and La Cienega Blvd., which translates to: A main tourist attraction of LA is at the intersection of Tar Pits Blvd. and Swamp Blvd.