Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldbyGrandwolf319@sh.itjust.works2 monthsI felt so betrayed when I found out Germany isn't called Germany in Germany To add insult to injury, what they call it, Deutschland, sounds like what we should call Netherlands 22423987%283
AAA@feddit.org2 monthsDo country names, or names in general, need to make “sense”? As for the USA, without any evidence or desire to look it up, I think most languages translate it pretty much literally. 2
Do country names, or names in general, need to make “sense”?
As for the USA, without any evidence or desire to look it up, I think most languages translate it pretty much literally.