• Gork@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Native American words for landmarks are so cool, much better than the colonial equivalents.

    Mt. McKinley - Denali

    Mt. Adams - Klikitat

    Mt. Jefferson - Seekseekqua

    Mt. Rainier - Tacoma

    Mt. Shasta - Ako-yet

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      1 year ago

      What’s always seemed so strange to me is how common the amount of vehicles that steal indigenous names from various places.

      Cherokee (car and a plane)

      Comanche

      Tacoma

      Cheyenne

      Dakota

      Taos

      Pontiac (entire company)

      Winnebago

      Touareg

      Indian (motorcycles)

      Aztek

      Chieftain

      Star Chief

      Super Chief

      Thunderbird

      Chief

      Scout

      Dark Horse

      Qashqai

      Oroch

      Black Hawk

      Chinook

      Apache

      These are all brand names, names of cars, motorhomes, motorcycles, military vehicles, etc. Apparently decades ago, the manufacturers didn’t even shy from how these were named, and there were a lot of questionable ads.

      Probably tons more throughout the world.