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Most countries don’t use the correct name of Deutschland. Quite a few don’t even use Germany. Let’s not even mention Netherlands… > but these folks should kno
by wqaatwt 1y ago
Most countries don’t use the correct name of Deutschland. Quite a few don’t even use Germany.
Let’s not even mention Netherlands…
> but these folks should know better
I’m 100% sure they know and I assume it was a conscious decision.
- dtagames 1y agoTürkiye is the official name in English.
- okeuro49 1y ago"Turkey" is what most English people would use, which makes it the defacto official name, despite what the UN might say. Most English people aren't even able to type ü on a keyboard.
- bookofjoe 1y ago>Turkey has remained the common and conventional name in the English language.
- hollerith 1y agoWriters in the free countries are not required to follow a naming suggestion by the Turkish government or the UN.
- anigbrowl 1y agoEnglish doesn't have umlauts.