Ukraine and the Russian invasion, 2022-25

[klang]

We don’t call Germany “Deutschland”.

Give it time.

 

[Elpenor]

I agree. Places have names in their native language and then other nationalities have their own names for those places. We don’t call Germany “Deutschland”. We don’t call Italy “Italia”. We don’t call Greece “Ελλάδα”. Similarly, we don’t expect people in all those places to refer to the country I’m in as “England”. It’s okay to have your own names for things. There can, of course, be reasons of political and cultural sensitivity towards recognising decolonisation, which mean you do adopt a name change (eg with Sri Lanka). But that doesn’t make it some kind of blanket rule.

That’s more to do with the dominance of the English language and a byproduct of its cultural imperialism surely.

 

[Kevbad the Bad]

That’s more to do with the dominance of the English language and a byproduct of its cultural imperialism surely.

The French call 'London' 'Londres'. We call 'Paris' 'Paris', but pronounce it differently. Who gives a monkeys?

 

[maomao]

That’s more to do with the dominance of the English language and a byproduct of its cultural imperialism surely.

No, because it happens in all languages.

 

[Yossarian]

"You use the same name for this country that almost everybody else does, your argument is invalid" is a line of reasoning I don't think I've seen on here before

 

[kabbes]

That’s more to do with the dominance of the English language and a byproduct of its cultural imperialism surely.

In what way? That would only make sense if the Germans, Italians and Greeks all called England by the name “England”. Spoiler: they don’t.

 

[vinba]

Ha you should see place names in Slovak

Austria=Rakusko
Italy=Taliansko
Germany=Nemecko
Hungary=Madarsko
England=Anglicko

And my relatives in India still call Bombay by Bombay. No Mumbai Duck for them. Same with Panjim, Bangalore, etc.

All countries have different names for other countries. Nobody cares.

BTW there were huge anti Fico demos in Slovakia at the weekend. 60,000 in Bratislava alone. Problem is he is kept in power by the gullible people in villages who believe his brand of bullshit. They interviewed a few the other day and some of them thought the increase in VAT would makes things cheaper.. You have to despair sometimes.