tomatoely@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTIL Pakistan is the only country in the world whose name comes from an acronymen.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up1172arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1166arrow-down1external-linkTIL Pakistan is the only country in the world whose name comes from an acronymen.m.wikipedia.orgtomatoely@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square18linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMobiuthuselah@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up67·edit-22 months ago“It is composed of letters taken from the names of all our homelands, Indian and Asian, Panjab, Afghania, Kashmir, Sindh, and Baluchi_stan_.”
minus-squarenailingjello@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up56arrow-down1·2 months agoI know it’s a quote so not directed to you, but the fact that they didn’t put the names in the order of the acronym bothered me more than it should have.
minus-squarenaught101@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoI think the “Indian and Asian” parts are adjectives, right, not meant to be part of the name?
minus-squarenaught101@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down10·2 months agoAre they not? Looks right to me
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyslexia
“It is composed of letters taken from the names of all our homelands, Indian and Asian, Panjab, Afghania, Kashmir, Sindh, and Baluchi_stan_.”
I know it’s a quote so not directed to you, but the fact that they didn’t put the names in the order of the acronym bothered me more than it should have.
IAPAKSstan
I think the “Indian and Asian” parts are adjectives, right, not meant to be part of the name?
PAKSstan?
Are they not? Looks right to me
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyslexia