A stunning map of different names for "cheese" across the regions of Europe. There are some interesting geographical patterns, but a few suprises too. Cheese is from Latin caesus = cheese but in Rome nowadays cheese is fromaggio, but notice Sardinia is more conservative. Good to see Manx and Friesian are recognised.
Credit: https://i.imgur.com/v8rfMC4.png
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And Malta; another linguistically interesting place.
Fritalian?
Looks like you've merged two languages to give Fritalian fromaggio. 😕
The Italian for cheese is formaggio. In French it is fromage. 😁
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Good spot! But to be fair there is (or was) a robot 🤖 cheesmaker named Fromaggio.