Why not simply use a place name?
Primary school yesterday taught 'Cologne', they've previously discussed 'Venice' and 'Florence' 
Why?
Sometimes the changes are small like 'Hamelin' but why in 2020 are they not using and teaching places by the correct name? |
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I'm not sure what you are asking.
What are you saying is the correct
name? What the locals call it or something English-speakers have come up with?
I'm not bothered that the French call the capital of London Londres. Should we be bothered if we call Firenze Florence? Is that what you are asking? |
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"Why not simply use a place name?
Primary school yesterday taught 'Cologne', they've previously discussed 'Venice' and 'Florence'
Why?
Sometimes the changes are small like 'Hamelin' but why in 2020 are they not using and teaching places by the correct name? "
Is this about using the local names for places rather than the Anglicised version? (Eg. Mumbai for Bombay and Beijing for Peking?) |
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"Do you mean all countries and cities etc should be referred to by the way they are determined in their native country? "
...and if so how would that work in the many countries that don't use our alphabet? |
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"Do you mean all countries and cities etc should be referred to by the way they are determined in their native country? "
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Yeah, at least teach people it's name.
Tell them it's called Hameln but the English call it Hamelin. Same for the others.
Saves them not being able to find 'Holland' on a list of European cities covered by travel insurance (as a true example) |
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"Do you mean all countries and cities etc should be referred to by the way they are determined in their native country? and
Yeah, at least teach people it's name.
Tell them it's called Hameln but the English call it Hamelin. Same for the others.
Saves them not being able to find 'Holland' on a list of European cities covered by travel insurance (as a true example)"
Holland is a bit of a unique example. We call Holland. It's really the Netherlands and the people are Dutch... most countries arent that complicated |
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As has been said before it’s what our language calls it.
If I’m travelling to another country with my lad, he learns both, ie Rome is Roma; Cologne is Koln. It’s a good way for them to understand the language differences
Just like when westerners named the Sahara Desert.... Sahra is Arabic for desert, so we named it Desert Desert
The language differences, some subtle, is one of the things that fascinates me, where our words come from, original meanings etc.
You only have to look at our small island to see it in action; individuals can sound so different and use different words, yet only 10 miles down the road or the other side of the hill. |
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"Do you mean all countries and cities etc should be referred to by the way they are determined in their native country? and
Yeah, at least teach people it's name.
Tell them it's called Hameln but the English call it Hamelin. Same for the others.
Saves them not being able to find 'Holland' on a list of European cities covered by travel insurance (as a true example)
Holland is a bit of a unique example. We call Holland. It's really the Netherlands and the people are Dutch... most countries arent that complicated "
I think they recently voted to drop Holland as well |
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There is also no such thing as a correct name for a place. The current norm is to use the local cultures name for a place, like uluru instead of Ayres rock, but neither is really wrong |
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Just so I understand that thread better 
