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Erdogan wants English to use the Turkish spelling because he's tired of English speakers thinking of the bird when they're talking about the country. https://t
by jordigh 4y ago
Erdogan wants English to use the Turkish spelling because he's tired of English speakers thinking of the bird when they're talking about the country.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MyNaymeIs https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MyNaymeIs
The funny thing is that through a bunch of funny historical accidents, the bird is literally named after the country, so we could just spell the birds türkiyes too.
- foronetimeonly1 4y agoWhy do people need an alternative spelling to a country whose name is spelled in a latin alphabet? Should we spell England, wing-lunge for fun?
- GauntletWizard 4y agoIn honor of Erdogan, I'm going to start calling it Turkiye. The bird, not the country.
- sillytr 4y agoWhy not be more explicit? Turks call India "Hindi-stan". Which in Turkish is "Turkey-the-bird-stan". Including the Persian etymology would literally make it "Land of the Turkeys." If Modi wanted to pick a fight with Turkey it would have made for an entertaining UN session.