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jokerfest t1_j2cldb9 wrote

Istanbul was Constantinople

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gargravarr2112 t1_j2cp4j0 wrote

Why did Constantinople get the works?

That's nobody's business but the Turks.

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shuckster t1_j2edcmi wrote

Even Old New York was once New Amsterdam.

Why they changed it I can’t say.

People just liked it better that waaaaaaay.

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jokerfest t1_j2f108q wrote

My friends and I used to see who could hold the "waaaaaaaaay" part longest. People turning blue in the face and gurgling 'weh'. Good times!

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