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Why do we not use the proper name for other countries?

14,940 görüntüleme • 8 ay önce •via X (Twitter)

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Steve Ross🇬🇧 profil fotoğrafı
Steve Ross🇬🇧8 ay önce

No We should respect the language of a country If 2 French people speak in their own language & discuss "L'Ecosse" Then it's their choice Their language None of our business if I to talk to you about "Bombay" or "Rome" or "Moscow" It's silly to say "Moombai" "Roma" or "Moskva"

andy m profil fotoğrafı
andy m8 ay önce

Why do we not use the word "don't" anymore?

Nic Doye profil fotoğrafı
Nic Doye8 ay önce

I am never saying Keeeev for Kyiv. Or Keuh-bun-hav’n for Copenhagen*. Or Myanmar for Burma. Johnny Foreigner needs to understand that the British know how to name things better than they do. Huzzah! [*] not true, sometimes I’m a pretentious prick.

aPsychopath profil fotoğrafı
aPsychopath8 ay önce

It might be something to do with non English speaking countries giving them non English names to fit with their own language.

Geoff Norcott profil fotoğrafı
Geoff Norcott8 ay önce

No way!!!

aPsychopath profil fotoğrafı
aPsychopath8 ay önce

Way

Jonathan Lancaster profil fotoğrafı
Jonathan Lancaster8 ay önce

Should the French call it “Scotland” or “Alba”? Should we spell the Swiss city “Bern” or “Berne”?

Glen Binnie profil fotoğrafı
Glen Binnie8 ay önce

Wikipedia says it’s because Deutschland had so many neighbours in different directions, who all came up with different names & couldn’t agree on one. I think it’s because we would all have to learn to spell ‘deutschland’ & even Spellincorrect hasn’t learned to recognise it.

Andy Clutton profil fotoğrafı
Andy Clutton8 ay önce

And why do football commentators say the names of overseas footballers using an accent, but don't do it for Scottish, Irish or Welsh players?

Tom Arkell profil fotoğrafı
Tom Arkell8 ay önce

It's true, and it's why I will now only ever buy a "Chicken Kyiv" with the correct spelling on the box. Otherwise it's pure colonialism.

dtb200 aka Andy Liggins profil fotoğrafı
dtb200 aka Andy Liggins8 ay önce

Your dog has a French name

Ken profil fotoğrafı
Ken8 ay önce

I thought it was called ‘these islands’

Matt profil fotoğrafı
Matt8 ay önce

Some of these names have been used long before the country was called that. The Germans only decided to be a country called Deutschland in 1871, but we've referred to that region as being where the Germans live for thousands of years.

Paul Woodhead profil fotoğrafı
Paul Woodhead8 ay önce

Yet with some places we've been told be have to use the native pronunciation. Kyiv and Turkiye recent examples. Theres no consistency.

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