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River River (infosec.pub)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by zedgeist@lemmy.world to c/rpgmemes@ttrpg.network

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[–] underscore_@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There is an urban legend that when the Swedish map makers came to Finland the locals would mess with them when asked what a pace was called and that is why so many place names have “vittu” or “perse” etc. in them.

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Also they named Turku just Åbo.

Åbo.

Swedish "å" is an entire word meaning;

a river, a creek, a big stream

"Bo"

bo n

**a dwelling** (of an animal), especially a bird's nest

    fågelbo

        bird’s nest

    att bygga bo

        to build a nest / to nest ("build nest" – idiomatic phrasing)

(poetic, extended from sense 1) **a home**

sätta bo

    settle down

So it's a three letter word basically saying river-dwelling

I think rather than ask Finns what a place was named they just named them themselves. Perhaps because they were tired of the locals calling everything shit and piss. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯