2026-07-17 13:30 UTC
@theradr.bsky.social
The etymology of the word #Ethiopia is wild af
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@ramsey@phpc.social 2026-07-17 14:11
@paninid@mastodon.world I like how Wikipedia starts with this sentence and then jumps forward about 230,000 years. “Anatomically modern humans emerged from modern-day Ethiopia. In 980 BC, the Kingdom of D'mt extended its realm over Eritrea and the northern region of Ethiopia…”
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@corbden@defcon.social 2026-07-17 15:10
@paninid@mastodon.world @theradr.bsky.social Out of curiosity I searched "Ethiopia etymology" and I shit you not it autocorrupted and opened "zimbabwe etymology." This was on Yahoo via the mobile Vivaldi search bar.