For the American among you, Timor-Leste is a country in Southeast Asia.
“Leste” is Portuguese for “east.” “Timor” is derived from “timur,” the Malay word for “east.” Thus, Timor-Leste translates to East-East.
Thank you for reading. I hope this fun fact has irrevocably altered the course of all of your lives forever. I have broken into your house and removed your insulation so that I can reside in your walls and tell you more fun facts about Timor-Leste while you sleep.
a few months ago, a fairly big spider hid in my walls. if he is still in there, tell him i say hi
oh and he is probably venemous so dont shittalk the little bugga
I have injected myself with so much spider venom that I have become entirely immune.
lmao what a coincidence, I was looking at data from Timor-Leste for my business stats class
East-East is the best country name ever.
Change my mind.
Macau (if it’s even a country) is a rough Portuguese interpretation of the Cantonese phrase “What the fuck?”
The first google result disagrees.
My dad is Cantonese and he was literally born and raised in Macau I think he knows what he’s talking about
Being from macau doesn’t innately give him any credibility, this type of false etymology is called folk etymology
This worries me.
Unless you have something against fun Timor-Leste facts, you have nothing to fear :)
I also want to be able to sleep.
Don’t worry. I’ll just let the facts seep into your subconscious mind while your conscious mind is asleep and unaware.
Okay.
The full story if you want it, unless you’re willing to trust a random website over someone who went to school there. If thats the case you do you
you’re about as credible as that website to me, since i don’t know ya personally
okay brief rundown of me then.
Im Han Chinese
My mom (and both her parents) are from Anhui. My maternal grandfather is a PLA officer who was sent to Vietnam as an advisor for the NVA.
My dad (and his mom) are from Guangdong
My paternal granddad is from Liaoning and he fought for the CCP during the Civil war, before moving down to Guangdong.
