Saleh@feddit.org to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 1 day agoMagnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes near Almería Spaineuroweeklynews.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up154arrow-down10
arrow-up154arrow-down1external-linkMagnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes near Almería Spaineuroweeklynews.comSaleh@feddit.org to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squarejenesaisquoi@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoIs there another Almeria? It’s so weird for people to go “Paris France” well of course Paris is in France duh
minus-squareSaleh@feddit.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoI wasn’t sure if people would immediately recognize Almería to be in Spain, as it is a city with about 200k inhabitants.
minus-squarehuppakee@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoI’d argue it be clearer between round brackets instead of behind a comma like states in the U.S.: Paris (France) over Paris, France.
minus-squareanomnom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 hours agoThere’s a Paris, TX, Paris, TN, probably tons more, that could make local news confusing.
minus-squarecalcopiritus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoThere’s probably 2-3 Paris in the US. Same thing happens with Latin America and Spain. There’s maybe an Almería in America.
minus-squareAkasazh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-223 hours agoParis is in Texas too, so for some Texans ‘going to Paris’ will refer to that one instead.
Is there another Almeria? It’s so weird for people to go “Paris France” well of course Paris is in France duh
I wasn’t sure if people would immediately recognize Almería to be in Spain, as it is a city with about 200k inhabitants.
I’d argue it be clearer between round brackets instead of behind a comma like states in the U.S.:
Paris (France) over Paris, France.
There’s a Paris, TX, Paris, TN, probably tons more, that could make local news confusing.
There’s probably 2-3 Paris in the US.
Same thing happens with Latin America and Spain. There’s maybe an Almería in America.
There’s like 8-9
Paris is in Texas too, so for some Texans ‘going to Paris’ will refer to that one instead.