Comment on I felt so betrayed when I found out Germany isn't called Germany in Germany

• bobzer@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Looks like they specifically chose the official English names for countries even when the indigenous name is also official.

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  • FishFace@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    They explain the methodology - where there is more than one official name, the name in the language with the most speakers in that country is used.

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    • bobzer@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That’s certainly a decision.

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      • FishFace@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        How would you pick along multiple official names in different languages?

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• rumba@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Most of them are fairly expected. That Finland tho…

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  • FishFace@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Etkos puhu suomeä? :)

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    • rumba@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      valitettavasti en :(

      I do watch a lot of Hydraulic Press Channel though so i at least have an ear for Finglish :)

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