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[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 46 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Been a long time gone, Constantinople. Why did Constantinople get the works?

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 35 points 2 days ago (4 children)

That's nobody's business but the Turks.

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[–] ThePyroPython@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Even oooold New York was New Amsterdam.

[–] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why they changed it, I can't say.

[–] Leviathan@fedinsfw.app 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

People just liked it better that way!

So take me back to Constantinople!

[–] EntheoNaut@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

Us Greeks beg to differ.