This is the correct answer. But I agree with the part it is unfortunate that they didn’t respect and we don’t respect enough to say España or ‘la France’ hopefully I am spelling that right.
Comment on Why do Americanized names of places etc exist?
Berttheduck@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
I think a lot of this is due to colonialism. Back when the Brits were sailing around pointing cannons at people and being delightful they didn’t respect local culture and dialects enough to bother with a “tricky” word so replaced it with an easier version. Unfortunately due to that expansion and the proliferation of English as the most common trade language the English versions tend to stick.
HoneyMustardGas@lemmy.world 3 days ago
SARGE@startrek.website 3 days ago
Ah, so you just wanted to stand on a soap box and let everyone see how virtuous and moral you are. Got it.
HoneyMustardGas@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Lol, what? It was educational. For me and anyone else who might want to know. The problem right here is I don’t get sarcastic over a question asked in a community called no stupid questions. However, I am stupid for asking the wrong one. So, thank you. Sincerely, tho.
remon@ani.social 3 days ago
No it’s not. Plenty of countries that never had any colonies are doing the exact same thing in their local languages.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Yeah, but why are Americans doing the same thing as everyone else!?
HoneyMustardGas@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I really want to know. Cuz America is a Poser?
Shimitar@downonthestreet.eu 3 days ago
Its not respect or lack of it.
Its just human culture and how it works. If a place is so common that its names very often, it gets a local name, or it got it in the past.
Changing that would bear no consequence on how we see that country/culture/place at all.
BombOmOm@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Almost every language does this. It isn’t colonialism, it’s connivence and practicality. Some sounds don’t exist or are awkward, so a different name is used instead.