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Wow it's pretty arrogant to tell someone how to spell their own country's name.
by kelnos 6mo ago
Wow it's pretty arrogant to tell someone how to spell their own country's name.
- LAC-Tech 6mo ago[flagged]
- cassianoleal 6mo ago> foreigners to tell us how we should write things in our own language. They did that? Where? I’m also assuming you’re from England, otherwise you’re also a foreigner speaking their language, and likely with considerable difference.
- LAC-Tech 6mo agoThis is a genuinely dumb take and you should feel foolish for even thinking it. Incase you dont, consider the concept of telling an Austrian that German is a foreign language for them. If this concept confuses you, I can get wikipedia links.
- cassianoleal 6mo agoThank you for telling me how I should feel! I will take it to heart and next time I'm in any doubt over how I am feeling I'll ask myself "how would LAC-Tech expect me to feel right now?" and change my feelings accordingly.
- freehorse 6mo agoWithout me getting into the specific issue, that's false. Languages evolve by how they are used, regardless whether who uses them is native speaker or not. All languages who have been at some time used "universally" in larger regions evolved reflecting that reality.
- miroljub 6mo agoIt's pretty arrogant for a foreigner to tell me how to spell his county name in my own language, which doesn't even have those letters in an alphabet. All while adding -stan suffix to my country name in their language. In short, it's Turkey.
- DiogenesKynikos 6mo agoThe name "Turkey" has been in the English language for many centuries. It's a bit of a tall order to suddenly demand that everyone start using a different name for the country. Imagine if England suddenly demanded that everyone call them Aengelande. The government decided to do this because they're embarrassed that a bird has the same name as the country. Ironically, the bird is named after the country.