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 "Distinct dialects of Italian" according to linguists. Note that this doesn't take into account local variations, there are some areas in the map that have very different dialects at their opposite ends. Grey areas are grey because according to linguists the "dialects" over there are actually different languages from Italian! 
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Mikl posted:Note that this doesn't take into account local variations, there are some areas in the map that have very different dialects at their opposite ends. Grey areas are grey because according to linguists the "dialects" over there are actually different languages from Italian!
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Jan 18, 2016 21:50
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Mikl posted:
Linguistics doesn't make any consistent distinction between languages and dialects, so this map is, on some level, fundamentally absurd.
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Jan 18, 2016 22:12
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French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian are dialects of Latin.
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Jan 18, 2016 22:14
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The Corsican dialects are accurate, though I had never heard of an Area di tranzizione dialect before, but my family comes from the south. If you want to be super precise, the map is missing the Carghjesi dialect, a Greek-Corsican dialect spoken by the town's Greek population (though I fear it may be extinct). Carghjese was a Greek colony established under Genoan rule, they had a troubled time under French rule. Edit: yep apparently the last Carghjesi speaker died in 1976 according to wikipedia italia. I visited the place, it's a nice little town with Greek style houses, an Orthodox church... Kurtofan fucked around with this message at 22:37 on Jan 18, 2016 |
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Jan 18, 2016 22:26
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Mikl posted:
At least some of the grey bits in Apulia and Calabria are Griko, which essentially is what remains of Greek language speakers in south Italy. I should visit there some day.
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Jan 18, 2016 22:43
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Ras Het posted:Linguistics doesn't make any consistent distinction between languages and dialects, so this map is, on some level, fundamentally absurd.
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Jan 18, 2016 22:47
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A Buttery Pastry posted:The grey areas have their own armies and navies. Sardinia and Friuli don't have their own armies. 
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Jan 18, 2016 22:50
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What are all of the grey bits anyway? Greek, Albanian, Sardinian, Friulian, German...?
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Jan 18, 2016 22:51
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Kurtofan posted:The Corsican dialects are accurate, though I had never heard of an Area di tranzizione dialect before, but my family comes from the south. "Area di transizione" is actually "transition area" in Italian 
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Jan 18, 2016 23:33
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Ras Het posted:What are all of the grey bits anyway? Greek, Albanian, Sardinian, Friulian, German...? Ladin in the northeast, Arpitan or Occitan in the Northwest? And probably German in
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Jan 18, 2016 23:38
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Mikl posted:"Area di transizione" is actually "transition area" in Italian No poo poo??????????? I meant it's the first time I hear about a Corsican dialect specific to that area.
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Jan 19, 2016 00:29
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Mikl posted:"Area di transizione" is actually "transition area" in Italian thanks
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Jan 19, 2016 00:41
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Jan 19, 2016 01:21
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Europe seems pretty backwards.
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Jan 19, 2016 01:25
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Mikl posted:"Area di transizione" is actually "transition area" in Italian How on earth did you figure that out?
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Tommah posted:would be better if eastern panhandle was also separated I'm not sure why this map was posted, but I have a funny historical story about West Virginia dams! See Summersville Lake in the middle of the state? That Lake is man-made and was formed by the Army Corp of Engineers between 1960 and 1966 with the construction of Summersville Dam. But according to naming conventions, that wasn't supposed to be the name of the dam. Dams were typically named after the nearest community. In this case, the nearest community was the one set to be flooded: the town of Gad. Instead of going with the very funny name "Gad Dam," the Army Corp of Engineers went with the 2nd closest town of Summersville. FYI, Gad is now at the bottom of the lake and everyone who lived there was forced off their land. Appalachia.
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joshtothemaxx posted:I'm not sure why this map was posted, but I have a funny historical story about West Virginia dams! See Summersville Lake in the middle of the state? That Lake is man-made and was formed by the Army Corp of Engineers between 1960 and 1966 with the construction of Summersville Dam. But according to naming conventions, that wasn't supposed to be the name of the dam. Dams were typically named after the nearest community. In this case, the nearest community was the one set to be flooded: the town of Gad. Instead of going with the very funny name "Gad Dam," the Army Corp of Engineers went with the 2nd closest town of Summersville. Really should have ended this with "Gad drat!" 9/10 will read facts again.
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Jan 19, 2016 02:54
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idk if these are politically loaded but have a couple US city maps Modern San Francisco coastline compared with 1850s coastline  1892 map of Buffalo
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Jan 19, 2016 03:03
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majormonotone posted:idk if these are politically loaded but have a couple US city maps Also that explains why "Mission Bay" is called that; it was a real bay at one time, even though it isn't anymore.
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Jan 19, 2016 03:19
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When the twin towers fell there was a huge concern that their foundations would crack open and flood west Manhattan and the subway system, since they were on porous land reclaimed from the Hudson and not the Manhattan bedrock.
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Jan 19, 2016 05:48
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majormonotone posted:idk if these are politically loaded but have a couple US city maps  (The little peninsula labeled downtown is what the original town was) Edit: it's sort of misleading since it doesn't show a lot of the annexed land, though, which likely moves the portion much closer to SFs OddObserver fucked around with this message at 06:47 on Jan 19, 2016 |
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Jan 19, 2016 06:32
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If the book "War with the Newts" has taught me something, sea will reclaim that land one way or another soon.
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Jan 19, 2016 13:44
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"Aw, that's cute." - The Netherlands
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Jan 19, 2016 13:46
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Tommah posted:would be better if eastern panhandle was also separated it kinda looks like afghanistan imho 
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Jan 19, 2016 13:50
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MikeCrotch posted:"Aw, that's cute." - The Netherlands 
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Jan 19, 2016 13:53
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First they complain about global warming destroying the environment and then they want to pump out the Mediterranean sea to create a dam!
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Jan 19, 2016 14:01
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Guavanaut posted:"This worked great in our heads." - Germany I wonder if someone did the math on the number of locks you'd need to reach venice starting from the red sea...
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ReagaNOMNOMicks posted:I wonder if someone did the math on the number of locks you'd need to reach venice starting from the red sea... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj_h13Fu1yo
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Jan 19, 2016 15:14
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 Gas prices in the US by county this month.
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Jan 19, 2016 22:29
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majormonotone posted:
cushing says hi
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Jan 19, 2016 22:37
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majormonotone posted:
It'll be interesting to watch this change. Couple places in Michigan dropped to well under a dollar this week.
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Jan 19, 2016 23:28
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majormonotone posted:idk if these are politically loaded but have a couple US city maps In the 1850's San Francisco had a big problem with ships coming in and then their whole crews deserting because California was awesome, then having no one to sail the ships away. The abandoned vessels were used as housing and then landfill to expand the coast.
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Jan 19, 2016 23:55
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majormonotone posted:
I'd like to see this map for Canada.
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Count Roland posted:I'd like to see this map for Canada.
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Jan 20, 2016 17:31
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So a bit higher than the U.S., basically.
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kalstrams posted:So a bit higher than the U.S., basically. Everything above the middle orange on the Canada Map would be >$2.52/gal, taking in currency conversion and the like.
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Jan 20, 2016 18:06
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Of course, in West Europe it's hard to find gas for less than say $6/gal.
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Dat public transit doe
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They don't even levy a Road Accident Fund out of Western European gas prices, which would be the most logical thing if you wanted gas high.
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