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I wish us italians never started with Giorgio Washington, Ruggero e Francesco Bacone, and so on. And that's why I loathe reading about Neaples, Rome, Milan, Ge
by trumbitta2 7y ago
I wish us italians never started with Giorgio Washington, Ruggero e Francesco Bacone, and so on.
And that's why I loathe reading about Neaples, Rome, Milan, Genoa, Florence, and of course Titian.
- barry-cotter 7y agoNaples. And English is the odd one, not Italian. Most languages use exonyms. Germans call Venice Venedig and Estonia Estland, the French call Spain l’Espagne. The same process of translation for names was completely normal across Europe well into the 1800s.
- trumbitta2 7y agoI know, I just don't feel we should stick with this process in modern times.