Mshowerthoughts·ShowerthoughtsbyMantzy81 We use the French name for the Renaissance even though the French version happened well over a century after the Italian one.View original on aussie.zone73Comments8Reply
eexplodIng_lIme lemmy.world1Hide 1 replyIt’s great because we can annoy the French and Italians at the same time this way24Reply
BBillegh replylemmy.worldThat's not really all that impressive. From my research, what irritates the French and Italians the most are the French and Italians.11Reply
thisisbutaname replydiscuss.tchncs.de1Hide 1 replyI get the joke, but in Italian it's called Rinascimento6Reply
ddiphthong replylemmy.worldYou're right. That's why no one says Rinascita any more. ::: spoiler spoiler (In 1550 it was Rinascita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Renaissance) :::8Reply
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It’s great because we can annoy the French and Italians at the same time this way
That's not really all that impressive. From my research, what irritates the French and Italians the most are the French and Italians.
Which one had a greater impact outside it's borders?
No one says Rinascita any more, it's so 16th century.
I get the joke, but in Italian it's called Rinascimento
You're right. That's why no one says Rinascita any more.
::: spoiler spoiler (In 1550 it was Rinascita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Renaissance) :::
Probably due to geography.
And?