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Usually it's for the better. The second most populous country that's located in two different continents and doesn't have more than 10% of its population on isl

Usually it's for the better. The second most populous country that's located in two different continents and doesn't have more than 10% of its population on islands should not be called Turkey (I said Pavo to because I mistakenly thought it was translated like that to Spanish, and meant to emphasize that it was called Turkey which also means the bird). I also don't mind if I don't hear the word "Cocoa" much anymore (thanks Apple for retiring it - this isn't exactly retired but is partly superseded by SwiftUI and UIKit).

solardev 3y ago
> most populous country that's located in two continents should not be called Pavo I don't get this reference :( > Cocoa Co-co? Co-co-ah? What's right?
- benatkin 3y ago
  (wrong: Turkiye/Turkey used to often be called the spanish word for Turkey.) (corrected for second most, as Russia is also in two continents, not sure it's correct) Cacao. Edit: it appears I was mistaken about Pavo, it was articles in Spanish about the official change in English name from Turkey to Turkiyé. On maps in Spanish I see a lot of other countries with spanish names that are quite different like Costa de Marfil instead of Ivory Coast and Países Bajos instead of Netherlands.
  - seszett 3y ago
    > Russia is also in two continents Egypt is too, as well as the US I suppose (to mention only countries more populated than Turkey). Their population distribution is more unbalanced than Turkey or Russia though.
    - benatkin 3y ago
      Oh, of course :) Though I didn't realize it was more populated than Turkiye.
toast0 3y ago
The bird seems to be named after the place, so if we fix how we pronounce and spell the place, we should also fix how we pronounce and spell the bird. Although, the bird was never really from the place at all.
- benatkin 3y ago
  It seems Erdogan doesn't want us to, but maybe the people of Turkey want us to at this point. It's not clear whether most like the name change. https://www.quora.com/What-do-Turkish-people-think-about-the-changing-of-the-name-Turkey-to-T%C3%BCrkiye https://www.quora.com/What-do-Turkish-people-think-about-the... I guess I'm going to keep calling it Turkey. Edit: looking at Google Maps in English, maybe I hope this will be reversed. This seems to be UN sanctioned bullying by a dictator. Türkiye looks weird in English a way I wouldn't be proud of. There are plenty of other countries where english speakers don't call them the same thing they call themselves. I wasn't aware until your comment that the bird was named after the country, that changes it for me, along with Google Maps putting the dots on the ü on it when it doesn't do that for other countries.

solardev 3y ago

> most populous country that's located in two continents should not be called Pavo I don't get this reference :( > Cocoa Co-co? Co-co-ah? What's right?

benatkin 3y ago
(wrong: Turkiye/Turkey used to often be called the spanish word for Turkey.) (corrected for second most, as Russia is also in two continents, not sure it's correct) Cacao. Edit: it appears I was mistaken about Pavo, it was articles in Spanish about the official change in English name from Turkey to Turkiyé. On maps in Spanish I see a lot of other countries with spanish names that are quite different like Costa de Marfil instead of Ivory Coast and Países Bajos instead of Netherlands.
- seszett 3y ago
  > Russia is also in two continents Egypt is too, as well as the US I suppose (to mention only countries more populated than Turkey). Their population distribution is more unbalanced than Turkey or Russia though.
  - benatkin 3y ago
    Oh, of course :) Though I didn't realize it was more populated than Turkiye.

toast0 3y ago

The bird seems to be named after the place, so if we fix how we pronounce and spell the place, we should also fix how we pronounce and spell the bird. Although, the bird was never really from the place at all.

benatkin 3y ago
It seems Erdogan doesn't want us to, but maybe the people of Turkey want us to at this point. It's not clear whether most like the name change. https://www.quora.com/What-do-Turkish-people-think-about-the-changing-of-the-name-Turkey-to-T%C3%BCrkiye https://www.quora.com/What-do-Turkish-people-think-about-the... I guess I'm going to keep calling it Turkey. Edit: looking at Google Maps in English, maybe I hope this will be reversed. This seems to be UN sanctioned bullying by a dictator. Türkiye looks weird in English a way I wouldn't be proud of. There are plenty of other countries where english speakers don't call them the same thing they call themselves. I wasn't aware until your comment that the bird was named after the country, that changes it for me, along with Google Maps putting the dots on the ü on it when it doesn't do that for other countries.