2026-04-21 13:58 UTC
@pjw “da Vinci” is not his name. It only means “of” or “from the town of Vinci.” He is properly referred to as “Leonardo.”
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@arod@social.coop 2026-04-21 13:59
@adamgreenfield @pjw at least Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles got this one right
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@pjw@social.coop 2026-04-21 14:07
@adamgreenfield I don't know, I mean I guess you can't argue someone out of a pet peeve, but "da Vinci" was a way to distinguish him from other people named Leonardo, and that's where many surnames came from. So why is "da Vinci" different from all of these other surnames that came about in this way? Because Leonardo himself wouldn't have recognized it as such? "Socrates" wouldn't have understood the way we call him in English, is that different? If so, why?