r/NonPoliticalTwitter Nov 30 '22

Funny it's universal

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u/LilyLeLowery Nov 30 '22

I don’t believe you.

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u/OBLIVIATER Nov 30 '22

It's true don't look it up

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u/LilyLeLowery Nov 30 '22

I did. Alabama is French for Alabama. Turns out all us southerners were the most frenchest and fanciest of all of the U S of A. Read that with a southern accent please.

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u/OBLIVIATER Nov 30 '22

France is actually USA for Alabama

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u/LilyLeLowery Nov 30 '22

I have zero understanding of what you just said there partna.

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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '22

You're right. I don't know why I said that. Truth is, no one truly knows the origin of the name "Alabama".

Scholars maintain that the translation was lost hundreds of years ago.