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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.