Griff88 1,779 Posted November 3, 2022 #711 Share Posted November 3, 2022 (edited) I sometimes wonder why Georgia (the country) is happy being called Georgia internationally. Like why they’re happy being confused with a state inside another country… They even asked Japan to stop calling them with the Russian derived Gurujiya and then the Japanese started calling them Joojia (which is also the same spelling for the US state) Edited November 3, 2022 by Griff88 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 3,000 Posted November 3, 2022 #712 Share Posted November 3, 2022 5 hours ago, dcro said: Moldova will stay the Republic of Moldova even if nobody uses that name in a casual conversation. Meanwhile, most people will continue saying Czech Republic at least for another while. Weird. They're just grateful no-one's calling them Bessarabia anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Federer91 2,282 Posted November 3, 2022 #713 Share Posted November 3, 2022 Way ahead here, everyone has been calling it Czechia for decades now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,205 Posted November 3, 2022 #714 Share Posted November 3, 2022 1 hour ago, Federer91 said: Way ahead here, everyone has been calling it Czechia for decades now. Same here actually - Češka - but in the English language I just can't help but say Czech Republic even though it is both different *and* longer. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrv86 3,069 Posted November 3, 2022 #715 Share Posted November 3, 2022 13 hours ago, LDOG said: Well, I do support the Czechia change since almost every country in the world is officially called "the republic of x" or "the y republic" so it didn't make much sense for everyone to address the czech especifically like that. However all Turkiye, Qazakstan, Cymru stuff is ridiculous, just accept your english name for international events lol, don't try that hard to be a snowflake. I’m curious: what would your position is if people started using “Saint Dominic/Santo Domingo” instead of “Dominican Republic/República Dominicana”. Moreover, would it be too weird to use “Río de la Plata/River Plate” instead of “Argentina”? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshMartini007 2,382 Posted November 3, 2022 #716 Share Posted November 3, 2022 Costa Rica, El Salvador there are many examples of nations which don't use their English names. For Turkiye and Qazakhstan the only difference is the spelling, they are still pronounced the same way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 3,000 Posted November 3, 2022 #717 Share Posted November 3, 2022 Don’t get started with the four Guineas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDOG 2,267 Posted November 3, 2022 #718 Share Posted November 3, 2022 2 hours ago, mrv86 said: I’m curious: what would your position is if people started using “Saint Dominic/Santo Domingo” instead of “Dominican Republic/República Dominicana”. Moreover, would it be too weird to use “Río de la Plata/River Plate” instead of “Argentina”? Argentina is an adjective that has "evolved" into a noun, there's no problem there. The english used to call it "the argentine" in the XIX century, personally wouldn't care if they kept doing that, it's their language after all. About RD, if they were simply called "dominicana" it would be easier. But there is already Dominica, so perhaps it would cause more trouble than good for everyone in that case. mrv86 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 7,464 Posted November 3, 2022 #719 Share Posted November 3, 2022 3 hours ago, mrv86 said: I’m curious: what would your position is if people started using “Saint Dominic/Santo Domingo” instead of “Dominican Republic/República Dominicana”. Moreover, would it be too weird to use “Río de la Plata/River Plate” instead of “Argentina”? in Italy we use to call the Dominican Republic "Santo Domingo", at least when we speak of them. Formally, however, it's always the Dominican Republic also here (Repubblica Dominicana in Italian). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon 1,783 Posted November 3, 2022 #720 Share Posted November 3, 2022 9 hours ago, Griff88 said: I sometimes wonder why Georgia (the country) is happy being called Georgia internationally. Like why they’re happy being confused with a state inside another country… They even asked Japan to stop calling them with the Russian derived Gurujiya and then the Japanese started calling them Joojia (which is also the same spelling for the US state) When the Olympics was in Atlanta didn't Georgia get the most applause from the spectators after the USA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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