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"Please spell our country name with letters you don't have in your language" Not sure why these absurd dictatorial tendencies are being taken seriously...
by mensetmanusman 3y ago
"Please spell our country name with letters you don't have in your language"
Not sure why these absurd dictatorial tendencies are being taken seriously...
- wrp 3y agoWell, if governments in 東京, 서울, and กรุงเทพมหานคร do, shouldn't we also? /s
- lisasays 3y agoIf it's okay for Côte d'Ivoire or Réunion then I don't see why Türkiye should be snubbed for making a similar request. Also it's 2023 and people know how to deal with tricky alphabets and stuff now.
- mock-possum 3y agoRight like it takes any effort to just look it up and copy and paste.
- DropInIn 3y agoWell... There is an argument for those based solely in the volume of loan words from French though right? Not saying it's wrong to not deride someone for using the proper spelling but the existence of the French forms shouldn't inherently require forms from languages without significant influence on English.