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March 24th, 2008
How come in many languages, there are names for countries that sound nothing like the country’s real name?
Uhh—that was worded horribly. Let me give you an example:
How come in English we call Deutschland Germany? Or we call Slovensko Slovakia?
Where did we get these altered names from? And why don’t we just pronounce countries like how it is pronounced in the country’s native language?
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