Re: New pronunciation of Bangalore

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Mike Wright wrote:
Oliver Cromm wrote:
* Mike Wright wrote:
Oliver Cromm wrote:
* Paul D wrote:

Not knowing Turkish, I personally would have no idea how to say
"Türkiye" if I saw it in an English text. (I could make a pretty good
guess but it still wouldn't sound like English.)

Why do English-speaking people insist that the name of every place in
the world has to sound like English?

For the same reason that Japanese-speaking people insist that every
place in the world has to sound like Japanese and Chinese-speaking
people insist that every place in the world has to sound like Chinese?

Why does Japan insist that switching to a Japanese name must be a
prerequisite to aquiring Japanese citizenship?

I am not commenting on the specifically Japanese question.

In some countries the reasons are purely language related
and don't have much to do with politics or nationalism.
For example, if Mrs Smith acquired a Slovak or Czech
citizenship, her official name in her passport and all other
documents would probably be Smithová and she would
have real hard time resisting that change.

pjk

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