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Turkey has been standardizing its name in every language as Türkiye https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey#Official_name_change https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turk
by personjerry 4y ago
Turkey has been standardizing its name in every language as Türkiye https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey#Official_name_change https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey#Official_name_change
- earthboundkid 4y agoAnd we should ignore that because we speak English and they don’t.
- personjerry 4y agoThe word isn't an English word... Do you call Beijing "Peking" as well? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_Beijing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_Beijing
- zaroth 4y agoOnly when I’m ordering their local style duck!
- emodendroket 4y agoSure it is. When you take a French course they have you learn the name "Etats-Unis" (or "Angleterre" or "Australie" or wherever you're from) as a French word along with all the others.
- nurettin 4y agoIronically, Turks call it "pekin".
- poulpy123 4y agoI called it Pékin for years and as far as I know the pronunciation is closer to the Chinese name than Beijing
- ailun 4y agoIt’s not. Beijing is pretty accurate as most English speakers say it (except for the tones), although I often hear people do really weird things with the j. The b and j sounds in Mandarin are not the same as in English, but they are closer than p or k to my ear.
- roncesvalles 4y agoYoutube link: https://youtu.be/_GE4dkpOdPw?t=80 https://youtu.be/_GE4dkpOdPw?t=80 Basically, say it in the most naïve way (for an American English speaker). Trying to pronounce the 'j' like it's a French word is wrong.
- earthboundkid 4y agoYes. The name “Beijing” is for people writing in pinyin, which is not a transliteration designed for English speakers. English speakers should use Yale romanization or the traditional postal romanization for well known places.
- mensetmanusman 4y agoKind of a hopeless endeavor, Chinese doesn’t even have the characters.