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Mostly because they asked. We don't have to rehash the whole reasons here, Wikipedia already spilled endless pixels arguing both viewpoints, with the expected
by tux3 3y ago
Mostly because they asked.
We don't have to rehash the whole reasons here, Wikipedia already spilled endless pixels arguing both viewpoints, with the expected culture war arguments and colorful comparisons that keep those discussions spicy
Do whatever you want. Let's just not derail every thread when you see someone on the opposite side, we know how that ends
- samstave 3y ago>Mostly because they asked. Actually, I thought this was really classy of them to actually announce/ask the world that they would please call them Turkiye. Doesn't bother me - but I thought it was interesting that they actually asked. I have a light interest in the etymology of naming of places and countries. There was a really interesting book I perused in a book store, which was the origin of place-names for all places in California. 90% of place names are by the first/most documented land owner. Lots of airport codes are named after the original farm fields that were used as strips, and those were named after the farm/land owners. (or after pilots who died)
- tux3 3y agoThat airport code thing is neat! What's the name of the book, out of curiosity?
- samstave 3y agohttps://a.co/d/5deXKRs https://a.co/d/5deXKRs There are a couple other "california place names" but this was the one I skimmed in a "how to read a book" fashion, so I managed to retain quite a bit from it.