Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by demetrius 29 days ago
So what? Old French Bretaigne referred both to Britain and Brittany, Old French Russie referred to both Russia (maybe, haven't done research on this) and Ruthenia.

But we're not speaking Old French, we're speaking 21-century English. In 21-century English, Russia ≠ Ruthenia, Brittany ≠ Britain.

The quote you've provided is irrelevant.

1 comments

In your version of English, Russia == Russian Federation. Right?