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Name change for a country.
seth plum
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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.
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.
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I thought it was always "Turkiye" internally but they used "Turkey" externally.
Now they want to use "Turkiye" externally.2 -
I have a tea towel from there with ‘Turkey’ emblazoned on the front.Feeling robbed now.22
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Not an uncommon phenomena, but perhaps with more robust reasons than similarity to a Christmas dinner..
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/country-names/country-name-changes-in-hmg-use-1919-to-2020
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-60337147
As "Turkey" annoys Erdogan, that's a tempting reason to continue to use it...It'll be interesting whether this is something which the people agree with.
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Fry's are going to be well pissed off.9
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Argh......don't get me started.
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.........2 -
That's because people think they're chickengolfaddick said:
The latest is Kiev. Since all this trouble with Russia the Ukrainians want to go back & call it Kyiv.0 -
Having dealt with this multiple times, I wonder what the point is.It’s one thing to completely rename a country (Burma - Myanmar) but demanding other countries and languages use your local version seems petty. Anyone for Suomi?0
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The Polish have every right to be upset that their capital city Warszawa in English is easily confused with Walsall a dull town near Birmingham!8
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Too right, Golfie. Bloody foreigners. None of that nonsense here in Englaland.golfaddick said:Argh......don't get me started.
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.........2 - Sponsored links:
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Kazakhstan changed the capital from Almaty to Astana. Didn't know until the other day they have renamed Astana to Nursultan.captainbob said:
Too right, Golfie. Bloody foreigners. None of that nonsense here in Englaland.golfaddick said:Argh......don't get me started.
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.........
The UK changed to use the more politically/historically correct names form major cities in India.
In South Africa they are reverting Tshwane, the named in a local language
And I think some countries (Germany) still use Peking instead of Beijing
As Golfie says, you get the gist0 -
It will always be Byzantium for the purists (like me).golfaddick said:Argh......don't get me started.
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.........6 -
Quick quiz.
What was the previous name of Zimbabwe, Iran and Iceland?
Answers:- Rhodesia, Persia and Bejam.22 -
I remember during the Euros last year one of the commentators saying such and such a player played for Di-nar-mow Keev. Back in my day that was Die-ner-mow Key-ev!golfaddick said:Argh......don't get me started.
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.........0 -
Wimbledon are now afc Wimbledon............I have now ducked for covergolfaddick said:Argh......don't get me started.
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.........6 -
Singer FC
Thames Ironworks FC
Small Heath Alliance FC
Newton Heath Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway FC
Glad we don't have any of the that name changing in our game.0 -
Great list, love stuff like this.SporadicAddick said:Not an uncommon phenomena, but perhaps with more robust reasons than similarity to a Christmas dinner..
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/country-names/country-name-changes-in-hmg-use-1919-to-2020Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya became simply Libya
Bet that was a pain to get in a chant of the terraces in Tripoli.
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Welcome to Charlton Life BorisCordoban Addick said:
It will always be Byzantium for the purists (like me).golfaddick said:Argh......don't get me started.
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.........1 -
Eswantini is another one, we used to know it as Swaziland, similarly Macedonia is now North Macedonia, Czech Republic want to be known as Czechia, and Cape Verde are reverting to the old Portuguese name of Cabo Verde.1
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Tough luck, Erdogan, I've just ordered a 12lb turkiye for Christmas lunch.
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We shouldn't have to put up with all these name changes. Someone needs to make an (Alan Curbishley) stand.1
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Isnt Ivory Coast known as Cote D'Ivorie?0
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Yeah but why is it still called Ceylon tea?0
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or as the Noi Yoikers would say .. it's a fecking toikey ..
but seriously lots of countries changed name to throw off the final yoke of colonialism and in the case of Ivory Coast the Cote D' is simply Francophoning the name of what is a French speaking country .. the D R Congo seems to change its name every time a new government or new tribe takes power0 -
Oi, I will be seeing you over at Makros (formerly called cash & carry) car park.killerandflash said:
Welcome to Charlton Life BorisCordoban Addick said:
It will always be Byzantium for the purists (like me).golfaddick said:Argh......don't get me started.
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.........1 -
It is now a three syllable pronunciation “tur-kay-ah”.Who decided that? Mark E Smith?1
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Is rhe Czech Republic still slowly trying to move to being called Czechia?
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Heard Ukraine are changing soon, to Russia.16
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it is .. and that was a recent(ish) answer on Pointless .. first I had heard of itNorth Lower Neil said:Is rhe Czech Republic still slowly trying to move to being called Czechia?1 -
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.2
