To add insult to injury, what they call it, Deutschland, sounds like what we should call Netherlands

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    2 days ago

    Those have more straightforward transliterations. But where the fuck does the L even come from?

    Firenze was also the art and culture capitol of Europe for quite some time, so this isn’t some backwater town. It’s like the CCP telling people that New York is now officially called “Not Yoodle” in Chinese.