Comment on Why do Americanized names of places etc exist?
HoneyMustardGas@lemmy.world 1 week agoOkay the question should be why do countries have to do this and why is it so hard not to?
Comment on Why do Americanized names of places etc exist?
HoneyMustardGas@lemmy.world 1 week agoOkay the question should be why do countries have to do this and why is it so hard not to?
bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
Sometimes languages have sounds that are hard to pronounce in other languages.
Also sometimes we came up with a name for a place based on imperfect information and the name caught on and stuck before we learned there was a better name we could be using.