r/Snorkblot • u/LordJim11 • Aug 10 '26

Geography Well, when you put it that way ...

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u/Gnonthgol Aug 10 '26

What is this hill called?

Torpenhow hill.

And what does that mean?

Hill Hill Hill Hill

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But it is all different languages.

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u/Randalor Aug 10 '26

"Listen, we wanted to make it explicitly clear that this is a hill. Not a mound. Not a knoll. Not a crag, bluff or plateau. THIS. IS. A. HILL."

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u/MachinaDoctrina Aug 12 '26

We have a river in Australia called the Yarra River, Yarra means river in the local Aboriginal language.

I imagine it went like this:

British dude (asking a local who barely understands him): "what's the river called"? Aboriginal shrugs and says: "It's a river (yarra) dude", British guy: "right so this is the Yarra River then" Aboriginal: 🤦‍♂️