All cities more populous than every other city north of themlemmy.sdf.orgimage lars ( @lars@lemmy.sdf.org ) Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyzEnglish • 5 months ago message-square13fedilinkarrow-up1107
arrow-up1107imageAll cities more populous than every other city north of themlemmy.sdf.org lars ( @lars@lemmy.sdf.org ) Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyzEnglish • 5 months ago message-square13fedilink
minus-square HenryWong327 ( @HenryWong327@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilink14•5 months agoI was curious about Alert’s name, and assumed it was because the town served as an alerting system for something, but I looked it up and turns out it’s cause a ship called HMS Alert wintered there.
minus-square bionicjoey ( @bionicjoey@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilink5•edit-25 months agoAlso I’ve only ever heard it pronounced the French way: “ah-LAIR”
minus-square lars ( @lars@lemmy.sdf.org ) OPlinkfedilinkEnglish1•5 months agoI wish I knew people who talked about Alert (or Alert as I guess I will now start pronouncing it). While we’re at it? It’s actually pronounced gif.
minus-square lars ( @lars@lemmy.sdf.org ) OPlinkfedilinkEnglish3•5 months agoWow that is remarkably disappointing. How could such a savage and uninvited place have such a scary name? By chance, essentially.
I was curious about Alert’s name, and assumed it was because the town served as an alerting system for something, but I looked it up and turns out it’s cause a ship called HMS Alert wintered there.
Also I’ve only ever heard it pronounced the French way: “ah-LAIR”
I wish I knew people who talked about Alert (or Alert as I guess I will now start pronouncing it).
While we’re at it? It’s actually pronounced gif.
Wow that is remarkably disappointing. How could such a savage and uninvited place have such a scary name? By chance, essentially.