• Nalivai@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Quite interesting how regional variations have the same joke structure but has a different name for a radio station

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      3 days ago

      Eriwan is the German name for Yerevan, or the old German spelling, I think nowadays it’s Jerewan.

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        3 days ago

        Yeah, no, that’s normal. I mean that it’s “Armenian radio” in Russia but “radio Eriwan” in German. Floating translation and all that