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Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
But Istanbul, not Constantinople.
But Istanbul, not Constantinople.
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The story is that you're all wrong. HA!Originally posted by The Mad Monk
It seems only Deutschlanders call Deutschland, Deutschland. Everyone else uses some variant of "German". There has got to be a story behind that.
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It does?Even Nippon --> Japan makes more sense.
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Because Japan has All Nippon Airways, ANA. Duh!"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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Absolutely!Originally posted by Naked Gents Rut
It does?
"Japan" is nothing more than the English mispronunciation of the Portuguese borrowing of the Malay garbling of the Chinese mangling of the original "Nippon".
Simple!No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.Comment
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To make matters worse, IIRC the word Nippon is actually pronounced more like "Knee-Hon". Wouldn't it be nice if foreign words were spelled out phonetically in English?"I say shoot'em all and let God sort it out in the end!Comment
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No. 日本 can be pronounced as either Nihon or Nippon. The "Nippon" pronunciation was more common in the WWII era, but "Nihon" dominates now. Both are spelled out phonetically in English.Comment
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Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
But Istanbul, not Constantinople.
Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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