Comment on Apple, Microsoft Joining Google Using Gulf of America in Maps Programs
GrabtharsHammer@lemmy.world 1 week agoAs absolutely stupid as this is, it’s no different than changing the maps to show Denali rather than Mount McKinley. I don’t think you’re missing anything.
modifier@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
Is it no different, or is it different in a kind of huge obvious way? Denali is US property. The gulf ain’t.
the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Anglophones call Deutschland “Germany”, and we don’t even share a border with them.
modifier@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
Also meaningfully different, unless there is an executive order or it’s anglo-equivalent I’m unaware of. Many languages have a name for other countries that is different than the name those countries give themselves. Shall we use Germany itself as an example? How do you say South Africa in German? Südafrika, not Republic of South Africa, Republiek van Suid-Afrika, or any other the other 11 official languages from that country.
Okay, sure, but that’s just a translation of South and Africa and everyone knows Germans physically cannot resist compound words, so how about France?
It ain’t République française, or even Französische Republik. It’s Frankreich. This stuff generally happens organically and language develops slower than politics, as evidenced by Frankreich. That’s a lot different than this Executive Order. That’s an imperial move.