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My understanding was that the name would be pronounced the same way, but as a native English speaker I don't even know what the umlaut does to the sound of the
by BitwiseFool 3y ago
My understanding was that the name would be pronounced the same way, but as a native English speaker I don't even know what the umlaut does to the sound of the u. So I'm not even sure how the pronunciation would actually change.
In any event, if the Turkish government wants me to stop using "Turkey" I'm more than happy to call it Anatolia instead.
- asimovfan 3y agoNot all of Turkey is Anatolia though
- catlover76 3y agoBut Turks aren't originally from Anatolia anyways, and basically the only thing "Turkish" about the country/people is the language. :T
- Thrymr 3y agoIs anyone "originally" from anywhere they live now, really, except maybe East Africa (at some point in time)? Anglo-Saxons came from the continent, "Americans" from Europe, Africa and elsewhere, Native Americans from Asia, etc.
- aiilns 3y agoGreeks.
- Tagbert 3y agoDorian Greeks migrated into Mycenae in the early Bronze Age.
- catlover76 3y agoYes, very true (and something I like to remind people who like to display ethnic and/or racial pride and talk about "heritage" etc)
- paint 3y agoIt is pronounced differently to the English "Turkey". For once, it has three syllables. Anatolia is the name of the large peninsula encapsulating most of Turkey, not the country itself.
- evujumenuk 3y agoI have solved this conundrum by calling the country "Türkiye", while calling the bird… also "Türkiye". Thus ensuring symmetry.
- dragonwriter 3y ago> My understanding was that the name would be pronounced the same way No, part of the rationale for the change is to reflect the different pronunciation (Türkiye) has three syllables > but as a native English speaker I don’t even know what the umlaut does to the sound of the u. While there is a change to the first vowel sound, and I think an even more subtle change to the second, the biggest difference is the existence of the third syllable, which is pretty evident from the spelling, even to most native English speakers.
- dghughes 3y agoI beleive it is pronounced Took-ee-ayy. It's Turkish for Turkey so I can't see why non-Turks would be using that pronunciation. I don't say Spain in Spanish i.e. "Espanya" (phonetically) I just say Spain.
- Cyph0n 3y agoNot a Turkish speaker, but I believe it’s closer to tur-kee-yeh. It’s pronounced almost the same in Arabic.