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

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

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.

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

No way!!!

Way

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

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.

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?

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.

Your dog has a French name

I thought it was called ‘these islands’

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.

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

