wow i should've posted this! omg hahaha i've been thinking about this so much!

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It might be kind of annoying if people were bad at pronouncing all the names in different languages though

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I guess Canada's an exception. It's called the same thing in pretty much every language. :P

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Not really. Different languages have different words and phrases for everything, and how would anyone choose which language all the places should be known in? Do you want everyone in the world to speak one language? And would that language be English? Inb4 'everyone speaks English anyway', because that's a ridiculous argument. While it is a dominant language, there's no reason for everyone to speak the same language. Cultures have different histories, languages and priorities. Besides that, I think the wording you may have been looking for in your post is "spelt/phrased differently" considering your examples, which both focus on the words being different rather than just the pronunciation.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

No like, we should say the Japanese name for Japan instead of Japan, the French name for France instead of France....

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Oh crap. I clearly forgot to read the last bit. I am extremely sorry, that makes sense.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

The French name for France IS France. Just sayin'.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Isn't English the main US language, not Spanish? What about countries with more than one official language? I think it's fine just the way it is.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

There is no main language.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

English is the language spoken by the large majority, but there is no official language in the US

by Anonymous 11 years ago

They once did a vote for the official language of the US, a long time ago, and English was outvoted by German by 1%

by Anonymous 11 years ago

What about countries with different alphabets? Or certain languages that have different sounds than other languages?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

You don't have to spell it tne same way, just pronounce it the same

by Anonymous 11 years ago

when it comes to a language you are comfortable with, there are certain sounds and accents that don't exist, no matter which language it is. if that's the case and a person isn't multilingual, anyone would've have extreme difficulty pronouncing the name of another country and it would more likely be more butchered then just creating a small variation on it.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Where I'm from, the US is called Merikel, or Ngebard, for place in the west. Saying The United States of America every time we talked about it would be a bother to most people.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Nobody actually says The United States of America when talking about it. It's always either The United States, America or just The US

by Anonymous 11 years ago

A good thought, but aside from all the arguments above, for some places there would also be the issue of deciding what language to use. "Use the official language" would be the obvious choice, but some places have more than one, and in some places the official language is actually in the minority, regarding how much it's spoken.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

While I tend to agree, I actually think the US would be an exception, since "The United States" is less a name than a description.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Germany and Japan are //so// different in their language as opposed to in English. Germany is 'Deutschland' (sounds like Doitchland) and Japan is Nihon (sounds like nee- huohn- (not really sure how to do the last part, go listen to it on Google Translate, or something)) or sometimes Nippon. English, y u change name so much?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I say this all the time! Also I think the name of the language should be said in that language.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

My country has 11 official languages. Now what?

by Anonymous 11 years ago