Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 days agoI felt so betrayed when I found out Germany isn't called Germany in Germanymessage-squaremessage-square222fedilinkarrow-up1280arrow-down144file-text
arrow-up1236arrow-down1message-squareI felt so betrayed when I found out Germany isn't called Germany in GermanyGrandwolf319@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square222fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSreudianFlip@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 days agoThose are good points but Torino as Turin is complicated, some folks there still call it that in dialect etc. and historically, run by the Lombards and all that. English is terrible at this, Venice is Venezia, if you can say pizza you can say that.
minus-squarerumschlumpel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days ago“Venedig” in German, even though they literally use (almost) the same sound for z as Italian …
Those are good points but Torino as Turin is complicated, some folks there still call it that in dialect etc. and historically, run by the Lombards and all that.
English is terrible at this, Venice is Venezia, if you can say pizza you can say that.
“Venedig” in German, even though they literally use (almost) the same sound for z as Italian …