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Requested of who? I don't think we need to wait around for people to ask us to start calling their country what they call it.

by drdec 2y ago

Polizeiposaune 2y ago
Perhaps these folks at the UN: https://unterm.un.org/unterm2/en/ https://unterm.un.org/unterm2/en/ who maintain a list of names for countries, with both long form and short form in 6 different languages.
- db48x 2y ago
  The Unicode Consortium maintains a similar database, the CLDR, but it covers considerably more than just 6 languages.
- ithkuil 2y ago
  Türkiye did that a few years ago
  - ix101 2y ago
    I'm curious how people pronounce this when they've never heard it. Do people assume the 'e' is silent as in "eye". For anyone curious it's basically "Turkey-yeah" & the "yeah" is short.
    - carlmr 2y ago
      How about Turkey-Ye with Ye as in Kanye. I think the vowel sound would be closer.
  - nine_k 2y ago
    Côte d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso instilled their current names as the only acceptable names for a long time. Pretty successfully though.
    - mometsi 2y ago
      Terrible decision. Upper Volta was the coolest country name on Earth. Who wouldn't tremble before the Upper Voltaic Ambassador?
      - lovich 2y ago
        Sankara was pretty big on breaking with western influences and going back to local culture. The Upper Voltaic Ambassador title was an unfortunate victim of that
      - ithkuil 2y ago
        I wonder if there was a current that offered some resistance to it but was overpowered
  - hfsh 2y ago
    Trying to get the English name for the country to include a letter that does not exist in English is just the kind of trolling we've grown to expect.
- croisillon 2y ago
  Sorry but where is the list? I needed one in 2021 and ended up building my own out of Wikipedia and common sense but if the UN has one I'd rather use it.
  - Polizeiposaune 2y ago
    https://unterm.un.org/unterm2/en/country https://unterm.un.org/unterm2/en/country Note the "Download country names" button, and the "Display results in" language toggles.
    - croisillon 2y ago
      ah! nice, i really didn't notice it
boomboomsubban 2y ago
We don't need to wait around, but people are going to treat you differently if you start casually saying "my friend visited Deutschland on holiday." Even Germans will probably think you're doing some sort of bit.
- xhkkffbf 2y ago
  Or worse, start saying just the country name with a German accent, the way that the pretentious news readers like to pronounce Spanish names with a Spanish accent. But only Spanish names. Not other countries.

Requested of who? I don't think we need to wait around for people to ask us to start calling their country what they call it.

by drdec 2y ago

Requested of who? I don't think we need to wait around for people to ask us to start calling their country what they call it.

Polizeiposaune 2y ago

Perhaps these folks at the UN: https://unterm.un.org/unterm2/en/ https://unterm.un.org/unterm2/en/ who maintain a list of names for countries, with both long form and short form in 6 different languages.

db48x 2y ago
The Unicode Consortium maintains a similar database, the CLDR, but it covers considerably more than just 6 languages.
ithkuil 2y ago
Türkiye did that a few years ago
- ix101 2y ago
  I'm curious how people pronounce this when they've never heard it. Do people assume the 'e' is silent as in "eye". For anyone curious it's basically "Turkey-yeah" & the "yeah" is short.
  - carlmr 2y ago
    How about Turkey-Ye with Ye as in Kanye. I think the vowel sound would be closer.
- nine_k 2y ago
  Côte d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso instilled their current names as the only acceptable names for a long time. Pretty successfully though.
  - mometsi 2y ago
    Terrible decision. Upper Volta was the coolest country name on Earth. Who wouldn't tremble before the Upper Voltaic Ambassador?
    - lovich 2y ago
      Sankara was pretty big on breaking with western influences and going back to local culture. The Upper Voltaic Ambassador title was an unfortunate victim of that
    - ithkuil 2y ago
      I wonder if there was a current that offered some resistance to it but was overpowered
- hfsh 2y ago
  Trying to get the English name for the country to include a letter that does not exist in English is just the kind of trolling we've grown to expect.
croisillon 2y ago
Sorry but where is the list? I needed one in 2021 and ended up building my own out of Wikipedia and common sense but if the UN has one I'd rather use it.
- Polizeiposaune 2y ago
  https://unterm.un.org/unterm2/en/country https://unterm.un.org/unterm2/en/country Note the "Download country names" button, and the "Display results in" language toggles.
  - croisillon 2y ago
    ah! nice, i really didn't notice it

boomboomsubban 2y ago

We don't need to wait around, but people are going to treat you differently if you start casually saying "my friend visited Deutschland on holiday." Even Germans will probably think you're doing some sort of bit.

xhkkffbf 2y ago
Or worse, start saying just the country name with a German accent, the way that the pretentious news readers like to pronounce Spanish names with a Spanish accent. But only Spanish names. Not other countries.