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What kind of authority do they have over my language?

• happytoexplain 1y ago
  I don't understand why so many people are so quick to interpret things as some kind of boot on their neck. The official names of places change - they're proper nouns. Nobody is invoking authority to control how you write the names of places.
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  • Tadpole9181 1y ago
    To be fair, Erdogen is a literal boots-on-neck dictator and this entire spectacle is just another distraction / demonstration of political capita he is using to cling to power. Nor does it even make sense. All languages have names for countries, that are not the true names of those countries. Its normal. Especially when Turkey's desired diacritics can't even be typed on our keyboards. Is it reasonable for Israel to say we must type the name with Hebrew characters? And suddenly we have to guess WTF news agencies are talking about. The point of languages is to be understood, this is making it harder to understand to appease some authoritarian loser. If Turkey were offensive, that's one thing. But it's not and there's no reason for it.
• throw4r3w21a3 1y ago
  They have no authority over the English language. They do have the right to request a specific name when used in an organization in which they are a part. You are free to use whatever name you want, while those in the UN, and organizations that cover the UN, will use the name Türkiye.