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World map from China, first time I see this projection (files.catbox.moe)

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[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Nonetheless, there are examples of other languages besides English messing up the name of another country. Practically no two languages call Germany or The Netherlands the same thing, and almost none call them what they call themselves. I'm not making a value judgement about this phenomenon, just saying that it's not unique to English.

For another example, Japan's name comes from the Chinese word spelled with the same characters, but it's pronounced completely differently in Chinese.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Oh, sure, other languages do the same. It's annoying when anyone does it!