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> “Türkiye” is impossible for a native English speaker to parse - it isn’t even written in our alphabet. That seems like a minor problem. A lot of country name
by another-dave 4y ago
> “Türkiye” is impossible for a native English speaker to parse - it isn’t even written in our alphabet.
That seems like a minor problem. A lot of country names are learned from exposure rather than a pure phonetic reading.
E.g. should Liechtenstein be spelt Licktenstine to make it easier for an English native to parse?
- HL33tibCe7 4y agoHonestly, yes, and it would have been, like all other country names, except it’s barely used so it hasn’t been.