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I know it's the title of the article but I still would rename it to "Germany...". Berlin is a city state in Germany with is own local government.
by dathinab 6y ago
I know it's the title of the article but I still would rename it to "Germany...".
Berlin is a city state in Germany with is own local government.
- dewey 6y ago> Berlin is a city state in Germany with is own local government. Germans will know that Berlin city doesn't have this kind of money lying around ;)
- BillyTheKing 6y agoand calling it a 'government' really does seem like a stretch :)
- dathinab 6y agoGermans will still get confused as it's not really common practice for a large part of Germany to refer to Berlin when referring to the government. The reasons for this are many fold, including that the Berlin government is pretty bad and as such the city has monetary and other problem all the time. Also in difference to e.g. the US the capital city has not the same kind of special position, besides some small area in it the rest of it is fully self governed by the city state in the same way e.g. Bavaria is self governed by it's local government.
- Nagyman 6y agoAFAIK, it's common to use the capital of a country when referencing government decisions in news articles. e.g. Washington, Beijing, Ottawa, Delhi, Brussels, etc.
- solarkraft 6y agoOh, yeah. I thought it was about the city of Berlin.
- tschwimmer 6y agoThis is an english linguistic practice called metonymy. This practice involves referring to a whole entity by something that it is part of it. For example, Berlin is part (the capital) of Germany. This is a very common practice in discussing international politics, with other examples being Washington, Moscow, and Beijing to refer to the US, Russia and China respectively. More info can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metonymy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metonymy
- dang 6y agoWe've replaced the title with the perhaps more neutral subtitle, which includes that scope expansion.