Re: New pronunciation of Bangalore


Peter T. Daniels wrote:

Good luck to your Germs. At least the Third-Worlders don't try to
impose diacritics that English-speakers don't notice and wouldn't know
how to type.

Wrong. Until recently the Turkish government waged a fairly expensive
campaign to oblige the world, especially the Anglos, to call the land
Türkiye --unpronounceable and untypable.
They seem to have relented a couple Thxgivings ago (but still. don't
you dare write Smyrna, Magnesia, Melitene etc.)

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