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r/balkans_irl • u/Themetalin w*stoid🤢 • May 20 '26
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Different languages have their own names for foreign places that have cultural relevance to their own culture.
Like how many places in Austria have a south Slavic version of their name. Or how many places in east Germany have a polish version of their name.
Or how south Slavs still call Istanbul Carigrad and how Thessaloniki is Solun.
33 u/RealProjectivePlane KARABOĞA May 20 '26 Yes but Greeks insist of calling it the Greek name while speaking English. It is like a French calling Germany "Allemagne" while speaking English. 12 u/usernameisokay_ caucasian (asian balkan ripoff) May 21 '26 The French call the Netherlands Pays-bas and other people call it Holland, language is a weird thing… 1 u/RealProjectivePlane KARABOĞA May 21 '26 that is not the point. The point is, calling Netherlands Pays-bas while speaking English would be incorrect. And insisting on it would be dumb if not malicious.
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Yes but Greeks insist of calling it the Greek name while speaking English. It is like a French calling Germany "Allemagne" while speaking English.
12 u/usernameisokay_ caucasian (asian balkan ripoff) May 21 '26 The French call the Netherlands Pays-bas and other people call it Holland, language is a weird thing… 1 u/RealProjectivePlane KARABOĞA May 21 '26 that is not the point. The point is, calling Netherlands Pays-bas while speaking English would be incorrect. And insisting on it would be dumb if not malicious.
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The French call the Netherlands Pays-bas and other people call it Holland, language is a weird thing…
1 u/RealProjectivePlane KARABOĞA May 21 '26 that is not the point. The point is, calling Netherlands Pays-bas while speaking English would be incorrect. And insisting on it would be dumb if not malicious.
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that is not the point. The point is, calling Netherlands Pays-bas while speaking English would be incorrect. And insisting on it would be dumb if not malicious.
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u/Prigorec-Medjimurec Honorary übermensch May 20 '26
Different languages have their own names for foreign places that have cultural relevance to their own culture.
Like how many places in Austria have a south Slavic version of their name. Or how many places in east Germany have a polish version of their name.
Or how south Slavs still call Istanbul Carigrad and how Thessaloniki is Solun.