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

• FishFace@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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 ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    That’s certainly a decision.

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    • FishFace@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

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

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      • bobzer@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        I mean it’s mostly a criticism of whoever suggested this map as a way to see country names in the language of the country, rather than just English.

        But it’s also kind of a pointless map as it’s not useful to an English speaker but it doesn’t commit to teaching you indigenous place names either.

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