4 ms·

don't overthink it. in germany, the state is called Bayern, even though it's "Bavaria" in english. same thing with my current town: it's called "Aachen" in ger

• pbhjpbhj 17y ago
  Bayern vs Bavaria is not translation. Presumably it's a historic transliteration that has mutated over time. Aachen and Aken are clearly related by transliteration, fine, same name written using different sounds. Aix-la-Chapelle again is not a translation. Round here a place gets called Bridgend, that's the original name. Close to 100% of the population speak English. Those that don't tend not to speak Welsh either. The name gets translated as Pen-y-bont (end of bridge) as if it were simply a description not a name. Then all the modern vocab is taken from English and most speakers in the South use a mix including English language words; yet for some reason nearly all the names have to be translated? It gets worse as most of the natives can't pronounce the Welsh version of their own town names correctly. /rantingmyassoffboyoisntit