• fraksken@infosec.pub
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    14 days ago

    Would be cool for the rest of the world to start renaming places in the u.s. of a. Like renaming New York to New Amsterdam, as it was originally, names are regional, we can make some up …

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      13 days ago

      Any countries change the names of places that are not in their country?

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        12 days ago

        Simple example.

        Brussel (nl) Brussels (en) Bruxelles (fr)

        This is just about language, but place names are regional. Drumphf can decide to rename Brussels to “shithole” if he likes, in Belgium it will still be Brussels.

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          12 days ago

          Sure but that’s just spelling for different languages. Not the same as one English speaking country lets say America changing something in another countries name.

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            12 days ago

            I thought I’d look it up if this kind of thing happened more often. And oh my!

            China is renaming a lot of foreign places, but other countries have done as well (e.g. Egypt, Philippins, Indonesia). Nothing compared with the onslaught China is waging at the moment though.