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minus-square AllNewTypeFace ( @AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space ) linkfedilink13•30 days agoEurope: take your pick of randos. It’s interesting that they went with the English names of some countries (i.e. “Supainu”, “Suweden” and “Porando” could have been “Esupaniya”, “Suberige” and “Porusuka” or similar) but chose native ones for some well-known countries like Germany.
minus-square rockerface 🇺🇦 ( @rockerface@lemm.ee ) linkfedilink2•29 days agoUkraine got a native name, too!
minus-square Akasazh ( @Akasazh@feddit.nl ) linkfedilink2•29 days agoI expect that is has something to do with the Dutch trade monopoly with Japan. Most countries seem like pronounced as in Dutch, only japanized.
minus-square EddoWagt ( @EddoWagt@feddit.nl ) linkfedilink3•29 days agoBut not the Netherlands itself
minus-square Akasazh ( @Akasazh@feddit.nl ) linkfedilink1•29 days agoWe use Holland to refer to Nederland quite often, even though we aware that that isn’t correct
minus-square EddoWagt ( @EddoWagt@feddit.nl ) linkfedilink1•29 days agoYeah, because otherwise nobody knows what we’re talking about
Europe: take your pick of randos.
It’s interesting that they went with the English names of some countries (i.e. “Supainu”, “Suweden” and “Porando” could have been “Esupaniya”, “Suberige” and “Porusuka” or similar) but chose native ones for some well-known countries like Germany.
Ukraine got a native name, too!
I expect that is has something to do with the Dutch trade monopoly with Japan. Most countries seem like pronounced as in Dutch, only japanized.
But not the Netherlands itself
We use Holland to refer to Nederland quite often, even though we aware that that isn’t correct
Yeah, because otherwise nobody knows what we’re talking about