Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 months agoI felt so betrayed when I found out Germany isn't called Germany in Germanymessage-squaremessage-square202linkfedilinkarrow-up1279arrow-down142file-text
arrow-up1237arrow-down1message-squareI felt so betrayed when I found out Germany isn't called Germany in GermanyGrandwolf319@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square202linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareScrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 months agoSame in Italian. Giappone and nipponico.
minus-squarecircuitfarmer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoIt is interesting, because Nippon is a somewhat archaic version in Japanese. They usually say Nihon now. But of course, these exonyms will have been borrowed into these various languages a long time ago, so it kind of makes sense.
Same in Italian. Giappone and nipponico.
I love this exchange.
It is interesting, because Nippon is a somewhat archaic version in Japanese. They usually say Nihon now.
But of course, these exonyms will have been borrowed into these various languages a long time ago, so it kind of makes sense.