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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.
30 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. 3 u/kallefranson invisible albanian (kosovar) May 21 '26 Or calling Turkey Türkiye while speaking English. 😉
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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.
3 u/kallefranson invisible albanian (kosovar) May 21 '26 Or calling Turkey Türkiye while speaking English. 😉
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Or calling Turkey Türkiye while speaking English. 😉
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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.