ccunning@lemmy.world to Just Post@lemmy.world · edit-21 month agoHoly Shit - I will never think about Eli Whitney the same again...(Cotton Gin —> Cott-engine)lemmy.worldimagemessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up152arrow-down1imageHoly Shit - I will never think about Eli Whitney the same again...(Cotton Gin —> Cott-engine)lemmy.worldccunning@lemmy.world to Just Post@lemmy.world · edit-21 month agomessage-square8linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarePsythik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoSo basically some racist dumbass heard “cotton 'gin” instead of “cotton engine”, wrote down the former, and now we’re stuck with the name for the rest of history? Well… fuck.
So basically some racist dumbass heard “cotton 'gin” instead of “cotton engine”, wrote down the former, and now we’re stuck with the name for the rest of history?
Well… fuck.