[object Object]@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-23 days agoHow is Alexander the Great so great he gets that name, but not so great that just “Alexander”doesn’t disambiguate him?message-squaremessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1122arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1115arrow-down1message-squareHow is Alexander the Great so great he gets that name, but not so great that just “Alexander”doesn’t disambiguate him?[object Object]@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-23 days agomessage-square59fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSpruceBringsteen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up23·3 days agoCharlemagne is in the same boat, it means Charles the Great
minus-square[object Object]@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 days agoI did not know that, and now I feel foolish
minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoThe name Charlemagne annoys me because in most other languages it’s Charles (or Karl) the Great, but in English and apparently French it’s shortened to Charlemagne though he was originally Charles Le Magne in French?
Charlemagne is in the same boat, it means Charles the Great
I did not know that, and now I feel foolish
The name Charlemagne annoys me because in most other languages it’s Charles (or Karl) the Great, but in English and apparently French it’s shortened to Charlemagne though he was originally Charles Le Magne in French?