Why do we still call places by the wrong name?

Richard Hillman

Example:
Turin - Torino
Milan - Milano
Rome - Roma
Florence - Firenze
Venice - Venezia
Vienna - Wien
Munich - Munchen
Cologne - Koln
Spain - Espana
Germany - Deutschland

I'm sure there's loads more, what's the cheese?

lawred2

Richard Hillman wrote: »

Example:
Turin - Torino
Milan - Milano
Rome - Roma
Florence - Firenze
Vienna - Wien
Munich - Munchen
Cologne - Koln
Spain - Espana
Germany - Deutschland

I'm sure there's loads more, what's the cheese?

You know that Dublin is Dublino in Italian right?

And Ireland is Irlanda!?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Ireland??

dxhound2005

Richard Hillman wrote: »

Example:
Turin - Torino
Milan - Milano
Rome - Roma
Florence - Firenze
Venice - Venezia
Vienna - Wien
Munich - Munchen
Cologne - Koln
Spain - Espana
Germany - Deutschland

I'm sure there's loads more, what's the cheese?

Paris - Paris

_Dara_

So should, say, the French say Ireland rather than Irlande?

Triceratops Ballet

You should go on boards.it boards.es and boards.de and tell them we're called Ireland or Eireann and not Irlanda/Irland

wexie

For the same reason as you're not Ricardo in Ireland....

LirW

Should we start with the ridiculous native spelling/pronunciation of some Nordic countries?

Wexfordboy89

I know tell me bout sure when will people realise that im from wexico and not wexford

dxhound2005

LirW wrote: »

Should we start with the ridiculous native spelling/pronunciation of some Nordic countries?

Sverige not.

Richard Hillman

lawred2 wrote: »

You know that Dublin is Dublino in Italian right?

And Ireland is Irlanda!?

And they'd wanna sort it out too.


Although Dublino sounds pretty cool

Tom Mann Centuria

Wexfordboy89 wrote: »

I know tell me bout sure when will people realise that im from wexico and not wexford

Your Wexicanchico89?

endacl

Chapelizard

Richard Hillman

LirW wrote: »

Should we start with the ridiculous native spelling/pronunciation of some Nordic countries?

Malmo is Malmoooo

Mutant z

Those are in different languages not the wrong names thats what they're called if speaking in English obviously if you spoke French or German you would call them what they are in those languages accordingly.

dxhound2005

Dublin - Blackpool.

Insect Overlord

Triceratops Ballet wrote: »

You should go on boards.it boards.es and boards.de and tell them we're called Ireland or Eireann and not Irlanda/Irland

Éire, actually. Éireann is the genitive case.

Richard Hillman

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Paris - Paris

I was going to include that actually. We say Paris with the S pronounced, whilst its called "Paree". Why do we say Paris and not "Paree"?

Wexfordboy89

Tom Mann Centuria wrote: »

Your Wexicanchico89?

You caught me feck it thought people wouldn't know it was me

Herb Powell

Mutant z

Dublin is Baile Atha Cliath in Irish should we only call it that from now on.

citytillidie

Richard Hillman wrote: »

Example:
Turin - Torino
Milan - Milano
Rome - Roma
Florence - Firenze
Venice - Venezia
Vienna - Wien
Munich - Munchen
Cologne - Koln
Spain - Espana
Germany - Deutschland

I'm sure there's loads more, what's the cheese?

Just look at google maps it spells all those place by their local name in their native language

NewbridgeIR

People referring to Ranelagh as "Renelagh"

Just f*ck off.

Jimbob1977

They are called exonyms

'Londres' is London in French

In Ireland, Kilternan is often misspelt Kiltiernan on road signs.

Cahersiveen has loads of alternative spellings.

In parts of Northern Ireland, locals whitewash the 'London' out of Londonderry signs to make plain old Derry.

_Dara_

Insect Overlord wrote: »

Éire, actually. Éireann is the genitive case.

BORING.

dxhound2005

_Dara_ wrote: »

BORING.

That's in Oregon.

Brand New User

LondonDerry

Jimbob1977

The town of 'Truth or Consequences' in New Mexico renamed itself after a popular game show to win a prize!

Brand New User

Dunabate instead of Donabate
Dunamede instead of Donaghmede

OldMrBrennan83

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Cee-Jay-Cee

Richard Hillman wrote: »

Example:
Turin - Torino
Milan - Milano
Rome - Roma
Florence - Firenze
Venice - Venezia
Vienna - Wien
Munich - Munchen
Cologne - Koln
Spain - Espana
Germany - Deutschland

I'm sure there's loads more, what's the cheese?

Just shut up.

imme

As Sheriff J W Pepper in the Bond movies says "speak English boy"

These are the English translations that's why we use them.

NewbridgeIR

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

People referring to Ranelagh as "Renelagh"

Just f*ck off.

Do other people do that?? my friend does it and it drives me nuts. i think she even spells it like that

Fr Tod Umptious

Surprised no one has mentioned "Chicargo" yet

dxhound2005

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

Surprised no one has mentioned "Chicargo" yet

It was only a matter of time.

snotboogie

We all collectively decided to stop calling Beijing Peking and go with the actual Mandarin name for the city a few decades ago

burnsey1987

The correct name of the area I grew up in is actually Ryanstown Street, Fearnan’s Fort, Blackpool

Are Am Eye

Sh1thole instead of Donaghmede





*just kidding

Ipso

I can't wait to go back packing this year; Alba, Cymru, Kern, Dumnonn, Frankia, Gaul, Etrusca, Euskadi and Scandia should be nice.

endacl

Jimbob1977 wrote: »

In parts of Northern Ireland, locals whitewash the 'London' out of Londonderry signs to make plain old Derry.

They should whitewash out the 'Derry' part. That'd really feck with some heads.

Noveight

Northern Ireland.

taylor3

PalmersTOWN being called Palmerston. Wreck the head. There is a Palmerston but that is in Rathmines D6. Also some folk can't tell the difference between Clonshaugh and Clonskeagh.

RacoonQueen

endacl wrote: »

Chapelizard

My mam calls it that. Only time I would ever want to rage violence against my mother. Really annoying. (I'm pedantic)

Richard Hillman wrote: »

I was going to include that actually. We say Paris with the S pronounced, whilst its called "Paree". Why do we say Paris and not "Paree"?

Because we speak English.
Why don't we call it Páras, since we're Irish?

Agricola

Why indeed!

On a recent jaunt around the southwest, it was bloody infuriating to spend an afternoon unable to locate Queenstown on a map or signpost, only to be told by one of the natives that it is in fact now known as "Cove" or some similar gaylick derivation!

dxhound2005

Since we have diverted off to complaining about pronunciations, people should be aware that not every place name has only one accepted standard form. Live and let live and let them say Renla and Pamerstun.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/palmerstown-wins-back-w-as-council-approves-name-change-1.2064799

OldMrBrennan83

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Ipso

If it weren't for those froggy normans we'd be calling Ireland, Eireland.

sligojoek

Joe Duffy Fizzboro for Phibsborough

Most RTE sports presenters Ishlee for Italy

The Rape of Lucretia

Benton Echoing Tongue wrote: »

Ireland??

You mean The Republic ?

Doltanian

Qatar is pronounced Cutter, not Kat-ar like is often heard here. Las Vegas sounds more like Los Vegas and not Lass like the BBC always make the mistake.

Insect Overlord

The scribes and poets were happy enough to refer to Ireland as Banba or Fodhla too...