I vaguely remember the Daily Telegraph being siller buggers by refusing to refer to Peking as Beijing for a long time after the name was changed. They might have done the same thing with Bombay/Mumbai too.
I vaguely remember the Daily Telegraph being siller buggers by refusing to refer to Peking as Beijing for a long time after the name was changed. They might have done the same thing with Bombay/Mumbai too.
In that case, Peking was an incorrect romanisation of the Chinese name, rather than China renaming the city!
The place we have hitherto called Turkey is officially changing it’s name to (I don’t know how to put an umlaut on the ‘u’) Turkiye. It is now a three syllable pronunciation “tur-kay-ah”. One reason given (well two of them actually) is to lessen the association with the bird, and also something being a ‘turkey’ being a dud. The football connection is we once played some ‘friendlies’ over in Turkiye.
Here you go, Seth.
On a Windows machine:
Hold down the “alt” key on your keyboard and type one of these codes:
ä : Alt + 0228
ö : Alt + 0246
ü : Alt + 0252
ß : Alt + 0223 (that's the German double S).
Ä : Alt + 0196
Ö : Alt + 0214
Ü : Alt + 0220
On a Mac: Press and hold the Option key while typing the letter u. Then type the letter to which you want to add the umlaut. E.g. ü.
The place we have hitherto called Turkey is officially changing it’s name to (I don’t know how to put an umlaut on the ‘u’) Turkiye. It is now a three syllable pronunciation “tur-kay-ah”. One reason given (well two of them actually) is to lessen the association with the bird, and also something being a ‘turkey’ being a dud. The football connection is we once played some ‘friendlies’ over in Turkiye.
Here you go, Seth.
On a Windows machine:
Hold down the “alt” key on your keyboard and type one of these codes:
ä : Alt + 0228
ö : Alt + 0246
ü : Alt + 0252
ß : Alt + 0223 (that's the German double S).
Ä : Alt + 0196
Ö : Alt + 0214
Ü : Alt + 0220
On a Mac: Press and hold the Option key while typing the letter u. Then type the letter to which you want to add the umlaut. E.g. ü.
If you use Android, you can find it out yourself.
And on an iPhone or iPad, press and hold a letter and the various accented options will pop up. 😎
The place we have hitherto called Turkey is officially changing it’s name to (I don’t know how to put an umlaut on the ‘u’) Turkiye. It is now a three syllable pronunciation “tur-kay-ah”. One reason given (well two of them actually) is to lessen the association with the bird, and also something being a ‘turkey’ being a dud. The football connection is we once played some ‘friendlies’ over in Turkiye.
Here you go, Seth.
On a Windows machine:
Hold down the “alt” key on your keyboard and type one of these codes:
ä : Alt + 0228
ö : Alt + 0246
ü : Alt + 0252
ß : Alt + 0223 (that's the German double S).
Ä : Alt + 0196
Ö : Alt + 0214
Ü : Alt + 0220
On a Mac: Press and hold the Option key while typing the letter u. Then type the letter to which you want to add the umlaut. E.g. ü.
If you use Android, you can find it out yourself.
And on an iPhone or iPad, press and hold a letter and the various accented options will pop up. 😎
Cheers @lordromford. I’d always wondered how to do that. Easy when you know how 👍
The place we have hitherto called Turkey is officially changing it’s name to (I don’t know how to put an umlaut on the ‘u’) Turkiye. It is now a three syllable pronunciation “tur-kay-ah”. One reason given (well two of them actually) is to lessen the association with the bird, and also something being a ‘turkey’ being a dud. The football connection is we once played some ‘friendlies’ over in Turkiye.
Here you go, Seth.
On a Windows machine:
Hold down the “alt” key on your keyboard and type one of these codes:
ä : Alt + 0228
ö : Alt + 0246
ü : Alt + 0252
ß : Alt + 0223 (that's the German double S).
Ä : Alt + 0196
Ö : Alt + 0214
Ü : Alt + 0220
On a Mac: Press and hold the Option key while typing the letter u. Then type the letter to which you want to add the umlaut. E.g. ü.
If you use Android, you can find it out yourself.
And on an iPhone or iPad, press and hold a letter and the various accented options will pop up. 😎
The latest is Kiev. Since all this trouble with Russia the Ukrainians want to go back & call it Kyiv.
The capital of Turkey was Constantinople it's now Istanbul. (Great song about it btw)
Rhodesia is now Zimbabwe.
You get the gist.........
Rhodesia is not Zimbabwe😉
Southern Rhodesia is Zimbabwe and Northern Zimbabwe is Zambia
Was Zambia not Northern Rhodesia?
And what about Burkina Faso/Upper Volta?
I look forward to the demand for a return to using Abyssinia instead of Ethiopia.
Yes, What was Northern Rhodesia is now Zambia, my mistake in typing.
The other two Southern African countries who changed their names in late 60s or early 70s on independence and that I remember the change from those days were: Bechuanaland (not sure the spelling is right) to Botswana and Basutoland to Lesotho.
The latest is Kiev. Since all this trouble with Russia the Ukrainians want to go back & call it Kyiv.
The capital of Turkey was Constantinople it's now Istanbul. (Great song about it btw)
Rhodesia is now Zimbabwe.
You get the gist.........
Rhodesia is not Zimbabwe😉
Southern Rhodesia is Zimbabwe and Northern Zimbabwe is Zambia
Was Zambia not Northern Rhodesia?
And what about Burkina Faso/Upper Volta?
I look forward to the demand for a return to using Abyssinia instead of Ethiopia.
Yes, What was Northern Rhodesia is now Zambia, my mistake in typing.
The other two Southern African countries who changed their names in late 60s or early 70s on independence and that I remember the change from those days were: Bechuanaland (not sure the spelling is right) to Botswana and Basutoland to Lesotho.
Glad this is finally coming on top, bring back Londinium I say.
None of your woke, post Roman 'London' bollocks, as soon as the last Legionaire left Dover, the Anglo Saxons deserted the place for the sticks and changed its blinkin name!
The latest is Kiev. Since all this trouble with Russia the Ukrainians want to go back & call it Kyiv.
The capital of Turkey was Constantinople it's now Istanbul. (Great song about it btw)
Rhodesia is now Zimbabwe.
You get the gist.........
Rhodesia is not Zimbabwe😉
Southern Rhodesia is Zimbabwe and Northern Zimbabwe is Zambia
Was Zambia not Northern Rhodesia?
And what about Burkina Faso/Upper Volta?
I look forward to the demand for a return to using Abyssinia instead of Ethiopia.
Yes, What was Northern Rhodesia is now Zambia, my mistake in typing.
The other two Southern African countries who changed their names in late 60s or early 70s on independence and that I remember the change from those days were: Bechuanaland (not sure the spelling is right) to Botswana and Basutoland to Lesotho.
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Tur Kay ah
Oh lord, tur kay ah
On a Windows machine:
- ä : Alt + 0228
- ö : Alt + 0246
- ü : Alt + 0252
- ß : Alt + 0223 (that's the German double S).
- Ä : Alt + 0196
- Ö : Alt + 0214
- Ü : Alt + 0220
On a Mac:Press and hold the Option key while typing the letter u. Then type the letter to which you want to add the umlaut. E.g. ü.
If you use Android, you can find it out yourself.
For anyone that's not heard it: https://open.spotify.com/track/38qLvs3obCzzePUxYLtAG7?si=42a90ee958fa4221
Southern Rhodesia is Zimbabwe and Northern Zimbabwe is Zambia
Yay.
And what about Burkina Faso/Upper Volta?
I look forward to the demand for a return to using Abyssinia instead of Ethiopia.
The other two Southern African countries who changed their names in late 60s or early 70s on independence and that I remember the change from those days were: Bechuanaland (not sure the spelling is right) to Botswana and Basutoland to Lesotho.
None of your woke, post Roman 'London' bollocks, as soon as the last Legionaire left Dover, the Anglo Saxons deserted the place for the sticks and changed its blinkin name!