No it’s not. Plenty of countries that never had any colonies are doing the exact same thing in their local languages.
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HoneyMustardGas@lemmy.world 3 days agoThis 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.
remon@ani.social 3 days ago
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.
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.