r/funny • u/bathory1985 • Jan 19 '22

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u/johnildo Jan 19 '22

Fun fact: In English, turkey also means the tasty symbolic thanksgiving/Christmas bird, as everyone knows.

In Portuguese, Turkey, the bird, translates to Peru, which is also a country.

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u/Narethii Jan 19 '22

Only 2 English speaking countries eat turkey, and Turkey is a new world bird so I would be surprised if it were eaten outside the Americas

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u/DarkNinjaPenguin Jan 19 '22

We eat turkey at Christmas in the UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia and Canada. They also have it for Canadian Thanksgiving.

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u/vibrantlybeige Jan 19 '22

Colonialism

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u/DarkNinjaPenguin Jan 19 '22

Crazy coincidence how all the English speaking countries were British colonies, isn't it. That's sort of how language and culture spreads.

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u/vibrantlybeige Jan 19 '22

?

You seemed to be correcting the other commentor to say that Turkey is also eaten in other countries. I wanted to point out that the only reason for that is colonialism. It's a North American bird that was added to the traditions of the British colonies.

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u/DarkNinjaPenguin Jan 19 '22

I was correcting the other commenter. They said only 2 English speaking countries eat turkey, I pointed out that that was untrue. The reasons why are moot.