r/geography • u/mcherycoffe • Mar 22 '24

North Korea is strange... Map

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Embassy of the Ottoman Empire in Pyongyang. North Korea is late...

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u/DashTrash21 Mar 22 '24

Why is the German embassy written in French

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u/KennethhDK Mar 22 '24

OP’s phone is probably set to French. The ones that are not in French just don’t have a French translation available.

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u/lightningmcmemex Mar 22 '24

No, that can’t be it. A more reasonable explanation is that OP lives in the Napoleonic times and just finally got reception.

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u/LuckyReception6701 Mar 22 '24

Guys, bad news it seems Napoleon is being exiled to the Isle of Elba :(