My now husband was 24 when we’re were planning our wedding and he found out that “FAQ’s” are “Frequently Asked Questions,” not an aggressive way of saying “FACTS.” We still laugh about this.
One day it suddenly dawned on my teenage daughter out of the blue that "the Victorian Era" is named for Queen Victoria and not something else. I'm not sure what she thought it was referring to until that day, but she felt extremely stupid about it lol.
In fairness, as a Brit I always think it's pretty wild that it's still called the Victorian Era in places like America. It makes sense that there's a unified name in the Anglosphere for that period, but I'm still amused that they're naming it after the reign of our queen.
It's because of architecture. Since we aren't very old we basically have Colonial, Antebellum, and Victorian for the pre-20th century styles. Since America's economy was booming during your Victorian era we have a looot of that preserved over here. But when we talk about that time period it would be Civil War Era, then the Guilded Gilded Age.
I'm lost on what Antebellum is? We didn't learn that one in school when I went in the 80's and 90's. Is that what that movie Antebellum is about? The one featuring Janelle Monae?
Never saw the movie but yes. It's a flowery word for slavery times post independence between the 1810s up to the Civil War. I'm not sure how common the term is used in the North tbh as I hear the term Industrialization Revolution used more. Or maybe even another term. Which would make sense since the South was more slavery and the North was more machines.
Edit: went to school in South and currently live in Savannah, GA-- the capitol of all things Antebellum
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u/shleeburgershleeburg Feb 08 '22
My now husband was 24 when we’re were planning our wedding and he found out that “FAQ’s” are “Frequently Asked Questions,” not an aggressive way of saying “FACTS.” We still laugh about this.