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minus-squareRat_in_a_hat@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 days agoThat’s simply restating something that I said we should do differently. A country requested to be called differently, and people still call it what they know it as. I’m saying it’s fine if we try to learn it. Yes, u and ü are pronounced differently - more to my point.
minus-squareyetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·13 days agoThe US prefers to be called “America” yet I still don’t call them by that name either. I don’t need to abide by what some fascist Turk says you should call their country or not. Maybe once Turkey stops trying to wipe out the Kurds I’ll respect what far-right Turkish nationalists want that country to be called.
minus-squareRat_in_a_hat@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·13 days agoLol - That’s just deviating from the entire context of the discussion, but ok.
That’s simply restating something that I said we should do differently.
A country requested to be called differently, and people still call it what they know it as. I’m saying it’s fine if we try to learn it.
Yes, u and ü are pronounced differently - more to my point.
The US prefers to be called “America” yet I still don’t call them by that name either.
I don’t need to abide by what some fascist Turk says you should call their country or not.
Maybe once Turkey stops trying to wipe out the Kurds I’ll respect what far-right Turkish nationalists want that country to be called.
Lol - That’s just deviating from the entire context of the discussion, but ok.