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funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 11 months agoit’s a tricky question, arguably there are more people on this planet that call countries by their Mandarin name, followed by their Spanish name, followed by their English name, than the name in the native language.
De Guo > Alemania > Germany > Deutschland for example
feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Which is why I’ll never call Turkey “Türkiye”, though they’re free to call themselves that. I don’t see Germany insisting I call it Deutschland, after all.